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Tamar is afraid no one will ever marry her daughter Nino and plans to send her to ]. Others have their own plans. Ever loyal Mustafa reunites Nino and Ali in the mountains. After a night of lovemaking and with Nino's virginity gone, Ali yells out to call a Mullah. Mustafa assures the couple no priest is necessary for he can perform the marriage ceremony. Despite aristocratic childhoods, simple country life suits the newlyweds and they find true happiness. The ] wins its own independence. Tamar is afraid no one will ever marry her daughter Nino and plans to send her to ]. Others have their own plans. Ever loyal Mustafa reunites Nino and Ali in the mountains. After a night of lovemaking and with Nino's virginity gone, Ali yells out to call a Mullah. Mustafa assures the couple no priest is necessary for he can perform the marriage ceremony. Despite aristocratic childhoods, simple country life suits the newlyweds and they find true happiness. The ] wins its own independence.


Ali returns to Baku and gets appointed Deputy Foreign Minister. He begins to raise his young family in a free homeland. The young country signs friendship treaties with its neighbors but they fear the ] in Russia. Learning that the Russians have amassed 30,000 troops on the border, the Azerbaijan government flees by train. As Nino and their daughter head toward ], Ali jumps off the train and blows up the bridge. Nino is safe but Ali dies defending his country. Ali returns to Baku and gets appointed Deputy Foreign Minister. He begins to raise his young family in a free homeland. The young country signs friendship treaties with its neighbors but they fear the ] in Russia. Learning that the Russians have amassed 30,000 troops on the border, the Azerbaijan government flees by train. As Nino and their daughter head toward ], Ali jumps off the train and blows up the bridge. Nino is safe but Ali gets shot and killed defending his country.

Epilogue text states that Ali Khan Shirvanshir died aged 24, Prime Minister Fatali Khan was assassinated 6 weeks later, it was 71 years before, in 1991, Azerbaijan reclaimed its independence, and Nino and her daughter escaped to Paris, but never returned to Baku.


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2016 British film
Ali and Nino
Directed byAsif Kapadia
Written byChristopher Hampton
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGökhan Tiryaki
Edited byAlexander Berner
Music byDario Marianelli
Production
companies
Release dates
Running time104 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languages
Budget$20 million

Ali and Nino is a 2016 British Drama Romance War film based on Kurban Said's novel of the same name. The film is written by Christopher Hampton and directed by Asif Kapadia. Most of the film was shot in Turkey and Azerbaijan. The film's cast is international, with Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri in the main roles. The film is a quest for truth and reconciliation through a diverse comparison of Islam and Christianity, East and West, age and youth, and male and female.

Plot

During the Russian Empire, Ali and Nino fall in love. Ali is a Muslim from Azerbaijan and Nino is an Orthodox Christian from Georgia. Ali's best friend, Malik, agrees to help bring the aristocratic parents to accept a marriage. Ali lives in the oil rich city of Baku in the Shirvanshir Palace. Nino lives with her wealthy family in Tbilisi. World War I breaks out in Europe.

Malik and Nino go to the opera with Ali and Nino to secretly meet afterwards. Armenian Malik has also fallen in love with Nino and kidnaps her planning his own marriage to her. Prince Ali confronts and kills Malik with a dagger. Ali is injured during the fight and escapes to Dagestan to heal and hide out from Malik's powerful Nachararyan family. The Russian Revolution deposes Nicholas II of Russia.

Tamar is afraid no one will ever marry her daughter Nino and plans to send her to Moscow. Others have their own plans. Ever loyal Mustafa reunites Nino and Ali in the mountains. After a night of lovemaking and with Nino's virginity gone, Ali yells out to call a Mullah. Mustafa assures the couple no priest is necessary for he can perform the marriage ceremony. Despite aristocratic childhoods, simple country life suits the newlyweds and they find true happiness. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic wins its own independence.

Ali returns to Baku and gets appointed Deputy Foreign Minister. He begins to raise his young family in a free homeland. The young country signs friendship treaties with its neighbors but they fear the Bolsheviks in Russia. Learning that the Russians have amassed 30,000 troops on the border, the Azerbaijan government flees by train. As Nino and their daughter head toward Paris, Ali jumps off the train and blows up the bridge. Nino is safe but Ali gets shot and killed defending his country.

Epilogue text states that Ali Khan Shirvanshir died aged 24, Prime Minister Fatali Khan was assassinated 6 weeks later, it was 71 years before, in 1991, Azerbaijan reclaimed its independence, and Nino and her daughter escaped to Paris, but never returned to Baku.

Cast

References

  1. "Dario Marianelli to Score Laika's 'Kubo and the Two Strings'". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. "Box office / business for Ali and Nino". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. Christopher Hampton to adapt ‘Ali and Nino’ Christopher Hampton to adapt ‘Ali and Nino’, Diana Lodderhose, Variety, 9 January 2012.
  4. U.K. Director Asif Kapadia to Helm 'Ali and Nino' From PeaPie Films, Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2013
  5. Maria Valverde Joins ‘Ali & Nino'; Principal Photography To Begin In February, Ali Jaafar, deadline.com, 8 January 2015
  6. Maria Valverde to star in 'Ali & Nino', https://news.yahoo.com, 9 January 2015
  7. История любви Али и Нино вскоре появится на больших экранах, Елена Остапенко, 1news.az, 27 August 2014

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Films directed by Asif Kapadia
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