The story of a boy, named Khalid. At school they called him “Hippo“. But Khalid does everything so his fellow students will like him. He may not be the best football player, but he can write beautiful poetry. In a pinch, he can distract the teacher until she forgets the math quiz. Luckily, he has a grandpa at his side to help him out, and then there is s a girl who likes him and makes his classmates to change their minds about him.
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.
After the play of the same name of Anar.
