In this film, Ali, a powerful Muslim man from a wealthy family in Baku, Azerbaijan, defies social norms by marrying his Christian lover, Nino, from neighboring Georgia. As World War One unfolds, Ali's friends are sent to fight, but he stays behind. After the Russians surrender, Baku is plunged into conflict, and Ali joins the Azerbaijani militia to fight the Bolsheviks, while Nino tends to wounded soldiers during the devastating March Days massacre.
Ali and Nino
In early 20th century Baku, a passionate and forbidden love blossoms between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and a Christian Georgian girl, set against the backdrop of chaos and turmoil in 1918-1920.
