05/10/2022 ˑ 

Banu: trailer

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Director: Tahmina Rafaella
Production: Noori Pictures (Katayoon Shahabi)
Cast: Kabira Hashimli, Emin Asgarov
Azerbaijan, Italy, France, Iran, 2022 (90’)

 

While the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war rages on far away from Baku, Azerbaijan, Banu has four days to find someone to support her in court against her influential soon to be ex-husband, Javid. He is trying to get full custody of their son Ruslan by claiming that Banu suffers from psychiatric issues. Banu embarks on a journey to find someone to help her in a society in which everyone’s attention is preoccupied with the ongoing war.