Knot

A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman who has her whole life in front of her and an old man ill with asthma who has only one more night to live.

Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the film follows a prodigal son who returns after 12 years. His reappearance at the family home in rural Azerbaijan significantly alters their way of life.

After ten years away, the younger brother suddenly shows up at the house of the elder, who lives alone in their native village. He is on the run, hunted by the police and probably by criminals. The elder is faced with a choice between his own principles and a brother’s duty. Their last act of quiet care will be a meal taken together, with no final settling of the conflict and no redemption.

The film tells the story of a writer-fantasist who is the author of a book called "The Last" about the end of the world. This book later creates sudden turns in the author's life - the writer unexpectedly falls into the lifeless world he describes in his work, becoming a living manifestation of his hero in his book.

The villagers, who think that Hasan is dead, believe that he has mystical powers when he opens his eyes. The subsequent course of events begins to unfold around Hasan, and is based on this mystical atmosphere.

A young woman with a broken family is looking for happiness. She wants to remarry to get rid of loneliness, so she decides to use the Internet. The film also reflects the impact of the current transition period, economic and political changes on the intellectual families of Baku. But more women and their psychology came to the fore. The psychological crises of a modern woman, family relationships are reflected in the film.

Years after the collapse of the Soviet Union… The hero of the film is an actor of the provincial theater. The chaotic mood of the time he lived in directly affected his character and mental state. He suffers from depression. The environment, loneliness oppress him, he is in a state of psychological shock. He also loves his counterpart in the theater, Leyla. However, he cannot express his feelings. There comes a moment when he says “it is necessary to end everything” and leaves.

The host attempts to maintain control over a ceremonial dinner, but as guests quietly defy her order, the ritual begins to unravel into subtle chaos.