Storyline
Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system in Azerbaijan SSR at the end of 1980s and about the decadence and corruption of the Soviet bureaucracy.
Cast & Crew
Rasim Balayev
Rahimov
Lead
Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Mammadov
Yashar Nuri
Mammad
Mukhtar Maniyev
Karimov
Xuraman Hadjiyeva
Khalilova
Elena Kostina
Alya
Aleksandr Sharovski
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Loghman Karimov
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nizami Musayev's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Joke is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
