The Contact

The Contact

4.2IMDb Score
Released:1990-04-23
Duration:89 min
Country:Soviet Union
Director:Kahangir Zeynalli
Actors:Ilgar Hasanov, Rafik Aliyev, Aliya Aliyeva, Fikret Mamedov, Niyazi Badalov
Production:Azerbaijanfilm, Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan SSR

Overview:

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.

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