The Return of the Projectionist

TIFF.24 - What's Up, Doc?

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Section: What's Up, Doc?
Title: Le Retour du Projectionniste
Director: Orkhan Aghazadeh
Cast: Samid Idrisov, Ayaz Khaligov
Duration: 1h 27m
Country: France, Germany
Language: fr
Year: 2024

In a remote village in the Talysh montains between Iran and Azerbaijan, Samid, a TV repairman, dusts off his old Soviet film projector. He dreams of bringing his village together in front of the silver screen once more. But he faces one obstacle after another, until he finds an unexpected ally – a young film buff, Ayaz. Two generations meet and bring cinema and its light back to the village.