Movies Similar to Garden Season

Tahmina(1993)

This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.

The Last Mountain Pass(1971)

Based on a novel by Farman Karimzade, the movie shows the life in an Azerbaijani village under the Soviet rule in 1930s. Here two former "beys" (land owners) are opposing each other. One is loyal to the ideology of the past and can't reconcile himself to the new power, to second rejects the past and accepts the power of the Bolsheviks, believing that it will establish justice.

Pomegranate Orchard(2017)

Inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the film follows a prodigal son who returns after 12 years. His reappearance at the family home in rural Azerbaijan significantly alters their way of life.

Stepmother(1958)

The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real mother only after some difficult events for her and child.

Under the Burning Sun(1957)

The hero of the film coming to the village for a short while decided to stay there by his medical duty.

Murder in the Night Train(1990)

The film is about lad who joined the underworld, after coming from Afghan war.

Our Street(1961)

The film is about the girl who was lost during the war and her return to her motherland after some events.

The Peasants(1939)

Sound of the Pipe(1975)

The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.

I wasn't Beautiful then(1968)

After the novel of the same name of B.Bayramov. The film is about life during war, about postwoman.

The Tempestuous Kura(1969)

After the novel of the same name of I.Shykhly. The film is about new intelligenzia in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century.

Welcome, My Angel(2008)

Not looking that a film is told about personal human fortunes here in the foreground there are the most noble raised human lines.

Execution is Postponed(2003)

After World War II, a group of young “robbers” redistributes the wealth of the rich to the poor while protecting the honor of women, especially the wives and sisters of soldiers at the front. Though branded outlaws by the law, their criminal yet benevolent deeds win the tacit approval of the local community.

Structure of the Moment(1980)

Execution Day(1990)

After the novel of the same name of Yusif Samadoghlu. The film is about three intervals in time: the distant past, yesterday and today, about innocent victims, about repression, and conquest of different countries.

All For The Best(1997)

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.

Wait for the Signal from the Sea(1986)

The film is about commissary Chingiz Ildirim.

Additional Trace(1981)

Say You Love Me(1977)

The Circle(1989)

The film is about political events which took place in 1989.