SERMON TO THE FISH

BALIQLARA XÜTBƏ

By Hilal BAYDAROV

ASIAN SHADOWS - CHINESE SHADOWS - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2022

A meditative War Tale from the director of the poetic and compelling Venice Competition's In Between Dying.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2022
A Window on Asian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AZERBAIJAN, MEXICO, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY
    • Languages
    • AZERBAIJANI
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Hilal BAYDAROV
    • Writer(s)
    • Hilal BAYDAROV
    • Producer(s)
    • Hilal BAYDAROV (Ucqar Film), Elshan ABBASOV (Ucqar Film), Carlos REYGADAS (Splendor Omnia Studios)
    • Synopsis
    • Davud returns from war to find everyone in his village has succumbed to a strange illness and has rotted away. Their house is the only one with the lights on. His sister Sura, the only survivor, is slowly rotting herself. No electricity, no gas, no water, no food left, only a dog to keep them company. Davud is troubled by his memories as a soldier, as he confronts the only true questions: Is surviving the same as living? Are those who survive really alive?