Murad IBRAGIMBEKOV
Мурад ИБРАГИМБЕКОВ
Mourad IBRAGUIMBEKOV
Russia / Azerbaijan / Bulgaria, 2009, 90mn 
Colour, fiction
There Was Never a Better Brother
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И не было лучше брата

 

 Il n'y eut jamais mieux que mon frère

 I ne bylo loutche brata

 
Directed by : Murad IBRAGIMBEKOV (Мурад ИБРАГИМБЕКОВ)
Writing credits : Pavel FINN (Павел ФИНН), Murad IBRAGIMBEKOV (Мурад ИБРАГИМБЕКОВ)
 
Cast
Nino NINIDZE (Нино ИНИДЗЕ) ...Dilber
Sergey PUSKEPALIS (Сергей ПУСКЕПАЛИС)
Yevgeni TSYGANOV (Евгений ЦЫГАНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Ivan GUDKOV (Иван ГУДКОВ)
Music : Aleksey AIGY (Алексей АЙГИ)
Produced by : Murad IBRAGIMBEKOV (Мурад ИБРАГИМБЕКОВ), David SHUFUTINSKY (Дэвид ШУФУТИНСКИЙ)
Production : Ibrus, Азербайджанфильм
Release date in Russia : 2011
 

Awards :
Best actor Sergey PUSKEPALIS , Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2013
Best Cinematography Ivan GUDKOV , Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2013
Best actor Sergey PUSKEPALIS , Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2011

Plot synopsis
This story of two, temperamentally different brothers takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku in the 1970s. The elder brother, Jalil, is a married postal worker who keeps bees as a hobby. Like those creatures, he approaches life with measured care. Younger brother Simurg is by nature more adventurous and, in contrast to his sibling, is capable of going after his goals, not just dreaming about them. And when a beautiful neighborhood girl charms the young men, their character differences become apparent once again. There Was Never a Better Brother is based on the novel of the same name by the director’s father Maksud Ibragimbekov. Using deep colors and intriguing visual compositions, Ibragimbekov brings the recent past back to life and adds other narrative layers: visions and memories of childhood. Despite the fact that the film is set in Soviet era Baku, its message stresses universality.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2013
- Festival des Films de Russie et d'Ailleurs, Geneva - Lausanne (Switzerland), 2013
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2012
- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2012
- Tbilisi International Film Festival, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2012
- International Family Film Festival, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2012
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2011
- Haifa International Film Festival, Haifa (Israel), 2011
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2011
- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2011