Movies by Rasim Balayev

Black-and-White Nights

Black-and-White Nights

A classic and at the same time unrealistic and phantasmagoric love story with betrayal and hatred. A woman's ruthless hatred of her husband suddenly starts to surface in the programs of the TV channel she has co-founded with her husband.

The Devil under the Windshield

The Devil under the Windshield

A journalist is investigating a group of poachers who are illegally selling the huge amounts of fish

The Joke

The Joke

Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.

Dada Gorgud

Dada Gorgud

Legend of Azerbaijanian people "Kitabi Dada - Gorgud" is about damatic events, about Dada Gorgud.

Ambassador of the Dawn

Ambassador of the Dawn

Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.

Saddle these Horses

Saddle these Horses

The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.

Black Volga

Black Volga

The film talks about countless crimes committed by the criminal group led by "Panjali Aslan" and eventually the destruction of this criminal group by law enforcement agencies.

Don't Step in-He'll Kill You

Don't Step in-He'll Kill You

The film is about fellows spending time on the shore and about some events.

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

An Ice in a Warm Sea

An Ice in a Warm Sea

The Avenger of Ganjabasar

The Avenger of Ganjabasar

The film is about the rebellion in Ganja in 1919-1920 at the head of Gatir Mammad.

The Rider with Lightning in His Hand

The Rider with Lightning in His Hand

The Turned World

The Turned World

The joint struggle of the Azerbaijani and Iranian police against the forces organizing international drug trafficking.

The Bat

The Bat

In a Azerbaijan, in the beginning of this century, the first films made in the history of cinema are shown.The characters meet each other in a room. Three characters who will witness the linking up of their destinies through their common love for this new captivating art.

Fortress

Fortress

A drama about a film crew making a movie in an isolated mountain town famous for its ancient fortress, and what happens when the town is threatened by a modern-day foreign invasion.

Firangiz

Firangiz

The Basement

The Basement

After many years of effort and patience, she failed to save her family. She watched with pain as her husband, an architect by training, was ruining his life with idleness and melancholy. Unable to bear the boredom of life together, she leaves home...

Unusual Hunt

Unusual Hunt

The film is devoted problems of protection of ecology.

Interrogation

Interrogation

The investigator Seyfi Ganiyev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds. Abiyev is also accused of the murder of an underage girls that occurred in Riga shortly after Abiyev saw her. He denies his guilt, but does not name the perpetrators though he knows them, despite the fact that he is facing the death penalty. The investigator understands that some high-ranking officials stand behind Abiyev, but he has no proof. Ganiyev seeks to obtain from the pris...

Nasimi

Nasimi

The film is a biographical true story about life of Imadaddin Nasimi, well known throughout the East for his school of philosophy and thought, poems and promotion of moral values in a feudal society. During the 14th-15th centuries, when Azerbaijan was a stage for warring powers and civil wars, Nasimi was the only poet committed to promotion of humanism and moral values inflicting criticism on the ruling system and the society itself. For his intruding role in feudal regimes, Nasimi lived a complex and tragic life.