Facebook romance + corpse transport + bride kidnapping = Azerbaijani chaos.
The film tells about the events that happened to Eshkin (Elmeddin Jafarov), who kidnapped his girlfriend (Dilara Aliyeva) together with his friend Karamat (Vusal Murtuzaliyev). Eshkin and Qizkhanim meet on the Facebook social network. Qizkhanim lives in the district, and her father wants Eshkin to kidnap her because he wants to marry her off to someone else. Eshkin runs him off with his friend's hearse, and the misadventures begin right after that...
Practical Effects
The hearse as both vehicle and metaphor.
Writing
Facebook courtship meets ancient bride kidnapping.
Director
Javid Tavakkul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bride kidnapping (ala kachuu) persists in Central Asian regions; the film satirizes it through sheer incompetence.
Director Javid Tavakkul reportedly shot this in 12 days with borrowed equipment and one functional hearse.
AZ
