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Shanghai, Baku

Shanghai, Baku

2016 · 20 min · Drama

Samir is an amateur filmmaker. Along with his despotic father and older sister Roza he resides in “Shanghai”, a slum located in close proximity to downtown Baku, the capital of the oil rich Republic of Azerbaijan. By sheer accident, Samir captures a video of Roza getting intimate with her boyfriend.

Directed by Teymur Hajiyev · Written by Ismayil Imanov

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