Pomegranate Orchard
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Release Date
2017
Gabil returns home to the humble family farmstead, surrounded by an orchard of venerable pomegranate trees. Since his sudden departure twelve years ago he was never once in contact. However, the deep emotional scars he left behind cannot be erased from one day to the next.
Cast & Crew
| Cast | Gurban Ismayilov, Ilahe Hasanova, Samimi Farhad, Hasan Agayev, Rovhsan Karimducht, Kazim Abdullayev, Manaf Dadashov, Ilgara Tosova |
| Director | Ilgar Najaf |
| Producer | Ilgar Najaf, Mushfiq Hatamov |
| Screenplay | Asif Rustamov, Roelof Jan Minneboo, Ilgar Najaf |
| Cinematography | Ayhan Salar |
| Art Director | Rafig Nasirov |
| Composer | Firudin Allahverdi |
| Production | Buta Film, AzerbaijanFilm |
Awards and Nominations
Cairo Film Festival
2017 - Nominee
Best Film
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
2017 - Nominee
Ilgar Najaf
Sea Film Festival
2017 - Nominee
Ilgar Najaf
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2017 - Winner
Ilgar Najaf
Eurasian Film Festival
2017 - Winner
Best Film
Minsk Film Festival “Listapad”
2017 - Winner
Best Screenplay
Minsk Film Festival “Listapad”
2017 - Nominee
Best Film
Malatya Film Festival
2017 - Winner
Best International Film
Director's Notes
The film is based on the motifs of Anton Chekhov's famous play The 'Cherry Orchard' and is set in one of the regions. The story unfolds in a village where Shamil (Gurban Ismayilov) owns a large cherry orchard. Despite the interest of one of the affluent villagers, Kazim Abdullayev, in buying the orchard, Shamil refuses to sell. One of Shamil's sons has passed away, and the other, Gabil (Samimi Farhad) got married then, left for Russia without informing anyone, leaving his family, now under the care of his father.
Shamil now lives with his daughter-in-law Sara (Ilaha Huseynova) and his 11-12-year-old granddaughter Jalal (Hasan Aghayev). One day, unexpectedly, the son returns. He informs his father about his intentions to take his family to Russia, sells the cherry orchard, and takes the money with him. The reason for his sudden return is that he has another family in Russia, and he needs the money to rescue his daughter, who has been taken as a hostage due to his debts.
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