Anar Rzayev
Writing
Biography
Anar Rasul oghlu Rzayev (Azerbaijani: Anar Rəsul oğlu Rzayev), known as Anar is Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, film director, and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. Anar is primarily a novelist and short-story writer although in the past, he has also authored screenplays and directed films as well as acted in a film.
Known For

The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.
Uzeyir's Life

Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.
Ambassador of the Dawn

In search of housing, a student stumbles upon an advertisement for renting an apartment at a very reasonable fee—and promptly agrees with a woman who recently laid her son to rest, complying with all her conditions. The young man settles into the apartment and gradually becomes a witness to inexplicable mystical phenomena.
The Contact

One evening, in the company of his friends, the bachelor Stas for the sake of entertainment called the number, the numbers of which were called by his friends, putting a comic condition: “If a woman answers, you marry her.” A really pleasant female voice responded. Stas didn't dare to admit his company in this, again wanted to hear it, but couldn't remember the phone number. Then he asked everyone to remember their number. Having got acquainted with Lyudmila, Stas realizes that she is the woman of his dreams.
Each Evening at Eleven

This Azerbaijani romantic drama depicts the love affair between Zaur, a man from an affluent family, and Tahmina, a divorced woman doing her best to survive in a conservative society.
Tahmina

The movie describes the last remaining years of the great Azerbaijani poet, Huseyn Javid who was the victim of 1937-1938 USSR repression.
Cavid ömrü

Oruj Zeynalov is a psychiatrist. He has a secure life, a son studying in Moscow, his wife Pakiza who loves him more than life, his mistress, nurse Ophelia, friends, and a charming garden. His life passes peacefully against the background of what we have listed, but until a certain time, or rather until the appearance of Balami, who wants to name the garden after himself...
Enchantment
The film chronicles the ordeals faced by Azerbaijan’s intellectuals - from the Red Terror to the present day - depicting how, amid shifting social and political upheavals, they endure physical and moral persecution. It also explores human betrayal and the ways people adapt their identities to survive changing circumstances.
Hotel Room

Film about growing up in a small village in Azerbaijan.
The Window of Sadness

After the novelette of the same name of Anar. The film is about an actor's life and work.
Dante's Anniversary

After the play of the same name of Anar.
The Exam

Legend of Azerbaijanian people "Kitabi Dada - Gorgud" is about damatic events, about Dada Gorgud.
Dada Gorgud

In the film-play, events get tangled as a result of the lovers' miscommunication. Although the dramaturgical contradictions of the work are formed by various attitudes towards folk customs such as engagement and wedding, the play focuses on the contradictions of the characters, not the events.
Evləri köndələn yar

Gurbanali Bey is a slave of the officials of Tsarist Russia. If they say die, he dies, if they say stay, he stays. After Gurbanali Bey gets drunk at a party, he invites all the guests to his house, but they say that a drunkard has no memory. The Bey, who forgets this, falls into a bad situation and is disgraced...
Nigarançılıq

This film follows the events of the first film 28 years later.
Evləri göydələn yar

The plot of the film is based on real events that took place in the summer of 1958 on one of the beaches of Absheron, when Tofik Huseynov, a schoolboy from Baku, drowned in the sea while saving drowning children. The film begins before the opening credits: on a deserted beach by the raging sea, a young man, exhausted, pulls drowning girls out of the waves. One, then another, then a third... Then he rushes for the fourth, but drowns with her.
Long Live, Girls

The film is about man and woman who remembered their childhood. The film reflects atmosphere of Baku. It is an adaptation of Anar Rzayev's "Georgian surname" novel.
The Day Passed

Zaur and Tahmina didn’t meet each other at the right time. Tahmina is married, and Zaur's family is categorically against their son being with a married woman. Despite all the objections, they love each other madly. Just as everything has an end, this love also has an end, but such an end would not have even occurred to Zaur...
The Sixth Floor of the Five-Storey Building

The film is dedicated to a mother who protects the warmth of her hearth, the peace and well-being of her family.
Last Night of Last Year

The second of the series of films "Dede Qorqud Oguznameli".