Movies by Mukhtar Maniyev
Garib in the Land of Jinn
The Silver Truck
Madina is a young married woman who is mentally strong despite the problems she encounters.She has no children and her relationship with her husband is bad, although he loves her.She makes carpets which is a way for her to express her feelings. One day, she meets a man working in a circus. She gets to know him better and becomes transformed by him as he helps her improve her husband and the carpets she creates.
Another Life
Psychological drama about a university dean who leads a double life.
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.
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.
Hotel Room
All For The Best
The events occur during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Because of a corpse in a zinc coffin with an arguable address, two families get excited. Having cut the lid off the coffin to identify the soldier, they find out that he is, in fact, Armenian - former citizen of Baku.
Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You
The story developed during XX century in Russian empire, Azerbaijan. Two circus actors Rustam and his friend San Sanich travel to a village where Rustam was born after long years of absence, to burry his aunt. After burring his aunt, friends decide to stay in her house for couple of days. A local wealthy inhabitant of the village Farzali bek, is looking for oil, and finds out that the land which now officially owned by Rustam might have some oil repositories. He learns that Rustam is back and wants to take him out, to put his hands on valuab...
Our Teacher Jabish
Events are happening in WW2. Jabish is a teacher at primary school. His complaining wife drives him mad about not bribing. Then she makes him to cook a soap for making the money. Also other processes are shown in the course of the war.
Firangiz
If I Die, Forgive Me
A soldier recently returned home finds it hard to scrape by, and the girl he loved married.
Nizami
The historical film about great Azerbaijan poet and philosopher Nizami Ganjavi's life.
If We're Together
The film is about the young people just finishing school.
Çarvadarların izi ilə
The novel was written by Ilyas Afandiyev. The film is about road builders.
Murder in the Night Train
The film is about lad who joined the underworld, after coming from Afghan war.