Top Cast
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Gudrat Asad
Səxavət
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Narmina Habibova
Ülkər
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Elman Sheydayev
Grandfather
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Sayyad Aliyev
Overview
"Short" tells the story of Sakhavat who lives in a village, where, according to a tradition, nobody allows their daughter to get married to someone who has never served in the military.
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