Banu

Tahmina Rafaella

Filmfestival

Fri 21 Apr 23 - Thu 27 Apr 23

21 Apr

14:00 - 15:30

Brugge

Cinema Lumière

Past event
21 Apr

17:30 - 19:00

Turnhout

UGC

Past event
25 Apr

17:00 - 18:30

Brugge

Cinema Lumière

Past event
27 Apr

17:00 - 18:30

Turnhout

UGC

Past event

‘Banu’ is a universal story about a mother’s battle for her child and the desperate search for an escape from domestic violence.

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When Banu wants to divorce her husband Javid, he demands full custody of their son. Desperately she starts looking for people who want to testify in her favour in court, but her endeavour doesn’t run very smoothly. The counterparty’s family is powerful and everybody fears retaliation. Even her own mother sides with Javid and demands her to return to her husband. But Banu doesn’t give up.

Tahmina Rafaella is both the director and the leading actress, a part she plays fantastically and intriguingly. The film is tight and introvert, in spite of the many dramatic moments. On top of that, ‘Banu’ has a documentary character, due to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia slumbering in the background. The loss of a son emphasises the pointlessness of war.

direction: Tahmina Rafaella
cast: Melek Abbaszade, Zemfira Abdulsamadova, Nurlan Agayev
duration: 90 min
year: 2022
country: Azerbaijan, Italy, France
language: Russian, Azerbaijani
Subtitles: English