The Joke

The Joke

1990 · 136 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy

Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.

Directed by Nizami Musayev · Written by Rovshan Aghayev

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