Hostage (2006)
During the late 1980s and early 1990s the Armenian minority in Nagorono-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan, one of the former Soviet republics. Overnight these former neighbors became enemies, and simple village folk were suddenly made hostages in a complex power game. One of the Azerbaijani villages right on the border is home to the family of the peasant farmer Kerim, who has just been captured by the Armenians. The village council decides to take an Armenian in order to arrange a hostage exchange. They imprison the wounded man in the barn next to Kerim's house, where his wife and three children desperately await the husband's return. The captive from the other side of the border finds himself in exactly the same situation - he, too, has three children, he finds it hard to scrape a living together, he has never done anything to harm anyone and, like Kerim, he just wants to go back home. But life in Karabakh is far more complex now. Blood calls for blood.
Director: Eldar Quliyev
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Gurban Ismailov as Armenian Hostage |
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Gular Nabiyeva as Sona |
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Mirsahib as |
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Vidadi Aliyev as Ali |
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Gulshad Bakhshiyeva as Maryam |
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Afag Bashirgizi as |
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Firangiz Babayeva as Neighbour |
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Ulvi Yusifov as Rovshan |
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Vafa Babayeva as Leyla |
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Emiliya Javidgizi as Rana |
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Ilgar Jahangirov as |
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Togrul Rza as |
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Ulviyya Rza as |
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Rada Nasibova as |
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Adalat Abdulsamadov as |
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Intigam Soltan as Villager |
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Asif Rəhimov as |
| Sound | Asad Asadov | Sound Designer |
| Art | Ali Davudov | Assistant Production Design |
| Editing | Gulshan Salimova | Editor |
| Writing | Vagif Mammadov | Script Editor |
| Lighting | Mammadhuseyn Samadov | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Malahat Humbatova | Costume Design |
| Directing | Eldar Quliyev | Director |
| Production | Khamiz Muradov | Producer |
| Sound | Rauf Aliyev | Music Editor |
| Camera | Rafig Guliyev | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Akif Rahimov | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Sayavush Karimi | Music |
| Lighting | Rasim Eyvazov | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elbrus Vahidov | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Eldar Quliyev | Writer |
| Writing | Natig Rasulzadeh | Writer |
| Production | Vladimir Dudnichenko | Executive Producer |
| Art | Mayis Aghabeyov | Production Design |
