Tahmina (film)
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8.1/10 KinoPoisk Music by Rafig Babayev Genre Drama Writer Anar Rzayev | 7/10 IMDb Director Rasim Ojagov Produced by Azerbaijanfilm Duration Country Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Azeri, Russian, Russian Release date 1993 Cast Fakhraddin Manafov, Hasanagha Turabov People also search for Birthday, Ozga omur, The Sixth, The Scoundrel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tahmina (Azerbaijani: Təhminə) is a 1993 Azerbaijani romantic drama. The screenplay was written by Anar Rzayev based on his novel The sixth floor of the 5-story building. Directed by Rasim Ojagov, this film depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society. The film is considered to be one of the best Azerbaijani movies produced in the 1990s. Funding for the film was provided by a Turkish businessman.
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Plot
The romantic relationship of the main characters Zaur and Tahmina starts off with a passionate affair and leads to many problems in a conservative society. Zaur (Fakhraddin Manafov), the son of a prominent and well-to-do professor (Hasan Mammadov), falls in love with Tahmina (Meral Konrat), a divorced TV anchor. Tahmina is admired by many of her colleagues and friends of Zaur's family. This attention to Tahmina from others causes Zaur to experience periodic jealousy.
In due time, Tahmina is sent to Moscow for a professional assignment. Zaur is so much in love with Tahmina that he follows her to Moscow.
Zaur's family condemns this romantic relationship and tries to divert Zaur into an arranged marriage with Firangiz (Laura Rzayeva), a daughter of a family friend. Social pressure and continuous calls from Zaur's mother (Zarnigar Aghakishiyeva) to Tahmina eventually cause problems in their relationship, leading them to break up.
Zaur, listening to his parents' advice, marries Firangiz. Tahmina, on the other hand, takes solitude in heavy drinking to ease her heart's pain. Due to this habit, Tahmina experiences problems with her liver and eventually dies during Zaur and Firangiz's honeymoon in Istanbul, Turkey.
When the couple returns from the honeymoon, Zaur's brother-in-law breaks the news to him. Although Zaur is devastated, the final scene of the movie shows him taking out his wife's grocery list and driving to the market, implying that life goes on.
Production
The movie was shot in Baku, Moscow and Istanbul in 1993.
Cast
Awards
In 1993 the Baku 2nd Film Festival awarded Rasim Ojagov with Best Director award and Zarnigar Aghakishiyeva with Best Actress award.
References
Tahmina (film) WikipediaTahmina (film) IMDbTahmina (film) KinoPoisk.ru