One room. One million rubles. And a dead man who won't name names.
The investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the prisoner the whole truth to bring the criminals to justice.
Acting
Kalyagin and Mammadov's volcanic two-hander — every glance weaponized.
Direction
Ojagov traps you in fluorescent-lit rooms until you suffocate too.
Writing
Dialogue so dense you'll need to breathe between lines.
Director
Rasim Ojagov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Soviet Azerbaijan, the film exposes regional corruption that Moscow rarely allowed on screen.
Hasan Mammadov was Azerbaijan's most celebrated actor; this was his darkest, most restrained performance.
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