The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel

The Scoundrel

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1989•90 min•AZ
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Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.
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