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Movie poster: Banu (2022)
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2022 · 90 min Drama
6.4 / 10 · TMDB

While the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war rages on far away from Baku, Azerbaijan, Banu has four days to find someone to support her in court against her influential soon to be ex-husband, Javid. He is trying to get full custody of their son Ruslan by claiming that Banu suffers from psychiatric issues. Banu embarks on a journey to find someone to help her in a society in which everyone’s attention is preoccupied with the ongoing war.

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Year 2022
Country Azerbaijan, France
Genre Drama
Director Tahmina Rafaella
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.4/10 (5 votes)

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The film constructs a powerful duality between the distant roar of war and the silent, desperate battle of one woman. It explores how patriarchal structures can weaponize psychiatry and how personal crises become invisible against a backdrop of national trauma.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of quiet resilience and the unsettling question of whose pain society chooses to hear. A meticulously observed character study that resonates deeply. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Tahmina Rafaella

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