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Ali & Nino

Play trailer 2:12 Poster for Ali & Nino Released Nov 18, 2016 1h 41m Romance History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 Full Review Ken Jaworowski New York Times "Ali and Nino" aspires to epicness and comes pretty close to getting there. Nov 17, 2016 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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