Ismail SAFARALI
Исмаил САФАРАЛИ
Ismail SAFARALI
Russia / Azerbaijan, 2019, 87mn 
fiction
The Fisherman's Daughter
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Дочь рыбака

 

 La Fille du pêcheur

 Doch rybaka

 
Directed by : Ismail SAFARALI (Исмаил САФАРАЛИ)
Writing credits : Rustam MAMEDOV (Рустам МАМЕДОВ), Ismail SAFARALI (Исмаил САФАРАЛИ), Mariya ZELINSKAYA (Мария ЗЕЛИНСКАЯ)
 
Cast
Khamail GASANOVA (Хамаил ГАСАНОВА) ...Sara
 
Cinematography : Shandor BERKESHI (Шандор БЕРКЕШИ)
Production design : Sergey ZAJKOV (Сергей ЗАЙКОВ)
Produced by : Sergey MELKUMOV (Сергей МЕЛЬКУМОВ), Aleksandr RODNYANSKY (Александр РОДНЯНСКИЙ)
 

Plot synopsis
Sarah is a fourteen years old girl who lives in a small fishing village on the Absheron peninsula at the seaside of the Caspian sea. Her father disappears whilst fishing and she refuses to believe in his death as his body has never been found. Sarah’s family and the inhabitants of the village insist on funeral though, even if it’s formal - the elders assert that the reason of all the hardships and miseries that strike the village one after another is because this fisherman is not buried. Sarah rebels and goes against the will of her family customs. It is as if nature itself riots together with her - the storm is coming, and Sarah goes into the raging sea in search of her father.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 2021
- International Film Festival of Russia and Near Abroad "Lendoc Film Festival", St Petersburg (Russia), 2021
- Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2020