The Hostage (2005)
The Hostage (2005)
During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.

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Gurban Ismailov Gurban Ismailov As: Armenian Hostage
Gular Nabiyeva Gular Nabiyeva As: Sona
Mirsahib Mirsahib As:
Vidadi Aliyev Vidadi Aliyev As: Ali
Gulshad Bakhshiyeva Gulshad Bakhshiyeva As: Maryam
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Storyline

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.


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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: Azərbaycan

Release Date: 01 January 2005

Country: AZ

Runtime: 92m

Company Credits

Company: Azerbaijanfilm

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Eldar Kuliyev

Eldar Kuliyev

Screenplay

Vagif Mammadov

Vagif Mammadov

Script Editor

Natig Rasulzadeh

Natig Rasulzadeh

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Malahat Humbatova

Malahat Humbatova

Costume Design

Elbrus Vahidov

Elbrus Vahidov

Makeup Artist

Sound

Asad Asadov

Asad Asadov

Sound Designer

Rauf Aliyev

Rauf Aliyev

Music Editor

Sayavush Karimi

Sayavush Karimi

Music

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Rafig Guliyev

Rafig Guliyev

Director of Photography

Lighting

Mammadhuseyn Samadov

Mammadhuseyn Samadov

Lighting Design

Akif Rahimov

Akif Rahimov

Lighting Design

Rasim Eyvazov

Rasim Eyvazov

Lighting Design

Art Department

Ali Davudov

Ali Davudov

Assistant Production Design

Mayis Aghabeyov

Mayis Aghabeyov

Production Design

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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