Ali and Nino

Name: Ali and Nino
Director: Asif Kapadia
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2016-01-27
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.494
Cast: Adam Bakri, María Valverde, Connie Nielsen, Mandy Patinkin, Numan Acar

“While the world was falling apart, they were falling in love.”

2016

1h 40m

Drama Romance

Director: Asif Kapadia

Writer: Christopher Hampton

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Overview

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.