Broken Bridges
A young filmmaker of Azerbaijani origins decides to fulfill his seven-year obsession to make a docudrama about the short, tragic life of his late mother. Much to his American wife's consternation, the filmmaker decides to travel to Moscow and Azerbaijan to make the film. He casts a young woman to play his mother, who had been forced from her home to live in the artificially created new nation of Azerbaijan. Political and marital problems follow.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Released
- 1999
Details
Release year: 1999
Storyline
A young filmmaker of Azerbaijani origins decides to fulfill his seven-year obsession to make a docudrama about the short, tragic life of his late mother. Much to his American wife's consternation, the filmmaker decides to travel to Moscow and Azerbaijan to make the film. He casts a young woman to play his mother, who had been forced from her home to live in the artificially created new nation of Azerbaijan. Political and marital problems follow.
Top credits
- Peter Reckell — Jeff
- Rebeccah Bush — Susan
- Behrouz Vossoughi — Michael
- Fatima Ibragimkevoa — Jayran