A Soviet-era Azerbaijani drama where dinosaurs are the least extinct thing in the room.
Acting
Tofik Mirzoyev's haunted eyes carry 66 minutes of regret.
Writing
Ibrahimbeyov's novelette translates to brutal workplace poetry.
Director
Rashid Atamalibeyov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Brezhnev's stagnation, the film's fossil bureaucracy reads as sharp allegory for Soviet scientific institutions rotting from careerism.
Director Atamalibeyov shot the excavation scenes at real Gobustan petroglyph sites, blurring documentary and fiction.
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