Elmira Shabanova

Elmira Shabanova

Birth : 1940-11-01, Baku, Azerbaijan

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Elmira Shabanova

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Inner City
Nargiz
"At some point," Rafael tells Arzu, "people walk together ... and then their ways part ... each destined to follow the labyrinth of their own inner city ..." Arzu, a young girl growing up in contemporary Azerbaijan, falls in love with Rafael, her piano teacher's son, a veteran of the Karabakh War. Twice her age and unable to escape from the ravages of war, Rafael is forced to live on the edge of a society that sees him as a 'cripple.' Arzu, desperate to escape from the same repressive society which confines women to a strict, narrow path, chooses Rafael over her family and friends - but threatened by Arzu's mother, and guided by the wisdom born out of his own brokenness, Rafael makes the supreme sacrifice of love ...
The 40th Door
Fatma
Fourteen-year-old Rustam lives with his mother in a village; his father was killed by the Russian mafia. After his father's death, Rustam tries to provide for himself and his mother without resorting to illegal money-making schemes. But his dream is to join a music band. The title of the film refers to an Azerbaijani fairy tale about saving a princess from a house with 40 doors; no one has succeeded in opening the last door, and thus its secret remains hidden. The villagers have named their village the 40th door as well.
Good Bye, Southern City
Khanimana
The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.
Melody of Space
Rana's Aunt
An old violinist thinks over his past life on the eve of the 80th birthday. His reflections result in looking for once composed but then forgotten melody. A chance meeting with dancer Rena takes him away to his lost love. He realizes that a person who has betrayed himself is doomed to tragic finale.
Strange Time
Orkhan's Mother
The film is about a young woman nursing her father, when things don't go to plan.
Tahmina
Aliya
This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.
The Scream
Ismayil's Mother
Shot during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, "Fəryad" is only one of its kind. Following the Khojaly Massacre, Ismayil, an officer tasked with collecting the bodies, crosses enemy lines to avenge the brutal murder of a local schoolgirl. There he gets captured by Armenians and waits for the day to be exchanged for an enemy POW.
The Basement
Tamara
Murder in the Night Train
Mother
The film is about lad who joined the underworld, after coming from Afghan war.
The Witness
Rana's Mother
The film tells a story about non-democratic and non-legal social events in the country of Azerbaijan.
The Circle
Arif's Friend
The film is about political events which took place in 1989.
Surayya
Bayaz
The Window of Sadness
Hamida
Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
Mystery of the Ship Clock
Alik's Mother
After the story of the same name of Rustam Ibrahimbeyov.
Last Night of Last Year
Hamida
The Misfortune
The hero of the film put out the fire. The film is about his heroism.
The Morning
Sevda
After the novel of the same name of Mehdi Huseyn.
Real Friend
Leyla
The film is about two fishermen who went through difficult ordeal during the shipwreck.