23 minutes to bury a father you never knew—and yourself in the process.
Ali has not seen his father for 15 years. He rushes to his remote village with his family to say goodbye to his dying father. The hero, who had little contact with his father even as a child, is unable to say goodbye, but he does make it to the funeral. The hero, who suffers psychological shock from his father's death, confesses, undergoes catharsis, and becomes spiritually purified.
Acting
Parviz Mammadrzayev's wordless grief is devastating.
Direction
Jabbarov stretches 23 minutes into a lifetime of regret.
Director
Ali Isa Jabbarov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Azerbaijani cinema rarely screens abroad; this micro-budget rural drama captures post-Soviet masculine grief with near-documentary stillness.
The runtime itself becomes thematic—you're forced to sit with Ali's failure in real-time, no escape, no redemption montage.
AZ
