Directed by:
Asif KapadiaScreenplay:
Christopher HamptonCinematography:
Gökhan TiryakiComposer:
Dario MarianelliCast:
Adam Bakri, María Valverde, Mandy Patinkin, Connie Nielsen, Homayoun Ershadi, Halit Ergenç, Fahreddin Manafov, Numan Acar, Ekin Koç, Ümit Demirbaş (more)Plots(1)
Ali and Nino are upper-class teenagers living in Azerbaijan just before the outbreak of World War I. He is Muslim, and she is Christian - but despite their cultural differences, they love each other and get married despite the disapproval of their parents. When Ali takes her to spend several months in Persia, she realizes how much her freedom is being constrained. The clash between East and West and between traditional Muslim life and the twentieth-century independence of her upbringing is very striking. Then the Great War breaks out, and things take a turn for the worse. (Sundance Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Adam Bakri
Best movies:
Omar (2013)
Official Secrets (2019)
Ali and Nino (2016)
María Valverde
Spain
Best movies:
La flaqueza del bolchevique (2003)
I Want You (2012)
Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)
Mandy Patinkin
USA
Best movies:
Wonder (2017)
Yentl (1983)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Connie Nielsen
Denmark
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Brothers (2004)
Homayoun Ershadi
Iran
Best movies:
The Kite Runner (2007)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
Agora (2009)
Halit Ergenç
Turkey
Best movies:
My Father and Son (2005)
Cars of the Revolution (2008)
Ali and Nino (2016)
Fahreddin Manafov
Best movies:
Ali and Nino (2016)
Numan Acar
Turkey
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
For a Moment Freedom (2008)
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Ekin Koç
Turkey
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Burning Days (2022)
Ali and Nino (2016)
Ümit Demirbaş
Germany
Best movies:
Ali and Nino (2016)
The Water Diviner (2014)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Daniz Tacaddin
Best movies:
Banu (2022)
Ali and Nino (2016)