The Chairs
Synopsis
Kerim and Rena are in love, but have had to marry other people. They meet once a week atop a hill to speak to their relatives, and are only able to express their love for one another by flashing the lights from their barns at night.
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 19 mins 50 secs
- Format
- Arri Alexa Mini (Digital)
- Director
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Orkhan Aghazadeh
- Producer
- Mina Salimi
- Editor
- Razvan Barseti, Orkhan Aghazadeh
- Screenwriter
- Orkhan Aghazadeh
- Director of Photography
- Cameron Ward
- Production Designer
- Lara Zeidan
- Sound
- Adalat Kalilov
- Composer
- Memed Ansa
- Principal cast
- Seyyad Aliyev, Zulfye Nazar Mammidova, Iskender Abbasov, Reziyeh Bakhshiyeva
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
The London Film School
24 Shelton StreetLondon
WC2H 9UB
Sales Company
Ginette Harrold
The London Film School24 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9UB
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