Ali & Nino

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Ali & Nino

2016

1h 41m

Romance

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Drama

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Ali Khan Shirvanshir, the male descendant of a royal Muslim family, falls in love with the beautiful Nino Kipiani, a Georgian princess who is Christian, while he is in Azerbaijan during World War I.

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Godfrey Cheshire

RogerEbert.com

While Bakri and Valverde are nice looking performers, too much of their time on-screen consists of gazing at each other with silly, smitten smiles.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 18, 2016

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Ken Jaworowski

New York Times

"Ali and Nino" aspires to epicness and comes pretty close to getting there.

Nov 17, 2016

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Kapadia seems more enraptured by country-crossing movement and breathtaking locations than the details of two people in love.

Nov 17, 2016

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Mae Abdulbaki

Punch Drunk Critics

Ali & Nino looks extravagant and beautiful. The romance can be simple, sweet, and lovely at times, but it does fall a bit on the melodramatic side.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2018

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Marcos Gandía

Sensacine

Ali & Nino never manages to thrill the spectator, nor to implicate him in the intimate drama. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 22, 2017

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Janire Zurbano

Cinemanía (Spain)

An almost epic love story that waste its historical potential. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 12, 2017

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Asif Kapadia has directed a film that took me right back to some of the most cinematic classics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The English Patient, A Passage To India and many more films that sprung to mind, not because of any story comparisons, but reminding me that cinema can be entertaining but also cinema can be a beautiful work of art. Whilst filmmaker Asif Kapadia has completed many documentary projects over the recent years, it is wonderful to see him returning to a narrative film and yet losing no skill at all in telling us a ‘performed' story compared to documentary storytelling. Definitely one of my films of the year and a film you should definitely check out.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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I enjoyed this movie, and learning about the struggle of Azerbaijan to regain its nationhood. The cinematography was stunning. The interfaith love story was well done and poignant.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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In Ali&Nino, the cinematography and the wide landscapes take the film to another level from epicness, The film involving the culture in the decoration and the clothing and also the dancing, A great direction made this movie a little tasty, a lot of silly smiles and kissing scenes to pass the time but this film is an enjoyable thought.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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5 stars because this movie is utterly underrated! I enjoyed it all, actors are incredibly lovely. Directors should make more movies like this one, because all countries deserve to be known and loved.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Another love story in a rarely seen region on Earth, Azerbaijan. Beautiful scenery. Hope it was really shot on-site. The story touched only a small portion of its history.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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The movie was wonderful, I absolutely loved every minute. I only wish the movie showed a little more of Ali and Nino's childhood together as the book had done. Beautifully filmed!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Synopsis

Ali Khan Shirvanshir, the male descendant of a royal Muslim family, falls in love with the beautiful Nino Kipiani, a Georgian princess who is Christian, while he is in Azerbaijan during World War I.

Director: Asif Kapadia
Producer: Kris Thykier
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: PeaPie Films
Genre: Romance, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 41m

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