Axınla Aşağı
Down the River
Asif Rustamov narrates with insight and poignancy the psychological drama of the family of rowing team coach Ali, which is dealt a cruel blow by fate. Ali is a tyrant, who cheats on his wife and forces his son Ruslan to become a rower and train hard towards this end. Try as he might Rusland is unable to live up to his father's expectations. Only with his son's tragic death is Ali forced to reassess his approach to life as well as towards those around him, in particular his wife.
DCP | Farbe / colour
Otar Pertakhia, Asif Rustamov
Ayhan Salar
Tariel Gasan-Zade
Rafiz Ismailov
Khayyam Mirzazadeh
Namig Agayev, Mekhriban Zeki, Aleksandra Andrzejewska, Teymur Mammadov
Salarfilm
Ayhan Salar
Rütgerweg 4
22763 Hamburg
Germany
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www.salarfilm.de
Asif Rustamov - – born 1975 in Baku, USSR (today Azerbaijan). Studied directing at his home town Academy of Arts, later co-founding the Association of Young Azerbaijani Filmmakers. His short film EV featured at the 2008 FilmFestival Cottbus. AXINLAASHAGI is his début feature film.
GÜRUB (2002, short)
LABİRİNT (2003, short)
İŞIĞI OĞURLANMIŞ ULDUZ (2004, doc)
YOLAYRICI (2004, doc)
MERHAMET ZAMANI (2006, doc)
GÜNEŞ ŞEHRİ (2007, doc)
EV (2007, short, Cottbus 2008)