Crane Lantern
2022 · 1h 41m · Drama
Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for a cerebral, philosophically challenging drama that questions the nature of justice and reality itself. This is exactly the kind of thought-provoking indie film that rewards patient viewers willing to sit with ambiguity, though fair warning: it won't give you easy answers or conventional catharsis.
Plot
Musa, a law student seeks out Davud, a man imprisoned for kidnapping four women. He soon discovers that all of his victims have no wish to press charges. On the contrary, they have the feeling of a new truth in themselves. Musa's encounter with the purported criminal becomes a journey into someone else's inner world. Are the questions he asks the correct ones? Is the law a genuine form of justice? What is the meaning of humans imposing punishment on others? Is Musa being enlightened by a superior man, or is he being lured into a world of illusion?
Director: Hilal Baydarov
Cast: Orkhan Iskandarli, Elshan Abbasov, Huseyn Nasirov, Nigar Isayeva, Seda Hasanova
