Sughra's Sons
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Release Date
2021
The film 'Sughra's Sons' is the story of brave woman's struggle. She lives in mountain village with her 2 sons. Tragically one of them was killed by Russian armed forces. She is powerless against the Russian military and authoritarianism. However she is courageous and proud.
Cast & Crew
| Cast | Humbat Ahmadzade, Ilgar Jahangir, Pasha Mammadli, Gunash Mehdizadeh, Rasim Jafar, Aydan Hasanzada, Samimi Farhad, Gurban Ismayilov, Khalida Guliyeva, Elshad Alasgarov, Jaroslav Trifonov, Rizvan Alasgarov |
| Director | Ilgar Najaf |
| Producer | Ilgar Najaf, Orman Aliyev, Ayhan Salar |
| Screenplay | Asif Rustamov, Roelof Jan Minneboo, Ilgar Najaf |
| Cinematography | Ayhan Salar |
| Art Director | Rovshan Mehdiyev |
| Composer | Firudin Allahverdi |
| Co Producer | Guillaume De Seille |
| Production | Buta Film, Baku Media Center, Salar Film, Arizona Productions |
Awards and Nominations
Kerala Film Festival
2022 - Nominee
Ilgar Najaf, Guillaume de Seille
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2021 - Nominee
Best Screenplay
Busan Film Festival
2021 - Nominee
Window on Asian Cinema
Bosphorus Film Festival
2022 - Nominee
Best Film
Director's Notes
The times of World War II. This film is not about general or soldier. It’s about an ordinary woman Sughra. All the events in film are my relatives’ or familiars stories. That’s why as a director it has a great importance for me. Sughra lives in a mountain village with her 2 sons. Her husband is in a war and there are no news from him. And when they get a call to war for her elder son she is full of fear to lose her son in a war, as she lost her husband.
She is facing a very difficult choice. So she sends her son to mountains, where the men who are against the regime are hiding. The local representative of government Barat knows it and tries to make use of it. Sughra is facing war’s and imperialism’s heavy threats. The regime sends its soldiers to the village. In order to protect her junior son while seeing her elder son’s corpse Sughra pretends that she doesn't know him. Otherwise she and her junior son would be expelled.
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