Ali and Nino
Ali is an upper class Muslim man, whose family holds a great deal of power in Baku, Azerbaijan. At that time, before World War One, Azerbaijan was part of the Russian Empire. Nino, Ali's lover, is from neighboring Georgia and is christian, but the two are deeply in love and elope to the countryside. The story follows the two, who get married, through World War One, which only sees some of Ali's friends sent off to war. After the Russians surrender, however, conflict comes to Baku. Ali fights the Bolsheviks with the Azerbaijani militia and Nino helps nurse wounded soldiers during the March Days massacre in Baku.
24 March 1987, Madrid, Spain
30 April 1970, Istanbul, Turkey
13 November 1979, Andria, Puglia, Italy
7 October 1974, Kozoglu, Kelkit District, Turkey
31 July 1980, Aurillac, Cantal, France
2 August 1955, Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Khankändi, Azerbaijan]
June 21, 1992 in Antalya, Turkey
30 November 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1947, Isfahan, Iran
3 July 1965, Elling, Frederikshavn, Denmark
November 17, 2016
"Ali and Nino" aspires to epicness and comes pretty close to getting there.
November 17, 2016
A love story between a Muslim and an Eastern Orthodox believer that is also a history lesson about oil-rich Azerbaijan.
November 18, 2016
While Bakri and Valverde are nice looking performers, too much of their time on-screen consists of gazing at each other with silly, smitten smiles.
November 17, 2016
Kapadia seems more enraptured by country-crossing movement and breathtaking locations than the details of two people in love.
January 16, 2017
... feels like a throwback in terms of its sweeping visual style, but isn't dramatically compelling to match.
November 16, 2016
It's all very tasteful, if not terribly exciting.
