Shanghai, Baku

Directed by Teymur Hajiyev · Starring Roza Ibadova, Rasim Jafarov, Movsum Mirzazada, Qurban Ismayilov · 2016

A nosy boy with a camera films his relatives in Shanghai, a Baku suburb, and his scraps of footage slowly piece together a love story.

Casual-seeming home footage that quietly assembles into a clever, affectionate story.

Shangai is an outlying part of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and it is here that Teymur Hajiyev sets his short film with an improvised rhythm, with shots that seem casual and stolen by the main character, but supporte

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