DVD Release: Ali and Nino

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Laurence
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DVD Release Date: March 21, 2017
Price: DVD $19.99
Studio: IFC

Set against the sweeping tide of history, Ali and Nino is a tale of a drama and romance that crosses political, geographic and religious divides.

Adam Bakri and Maria Valverde are Ali and Nino.

Azerbaijan, 1918: Though he is Muslim and she is Christian, Ali (Adam Bakri, Omar) and Nino (Maria Valverde, Exodus: Gods and Kings) defy their parents and marry. At first it appears their all-consuming love will be enough to overcome the differences in their backgrounds. But their bond is soon put to the test, first as she confronts what it means to be a westernized woman living in a traditionalist society, and then again when everything they know is turned upside down by the arrival of World War I.

The movie co-stasg Yentl‘s Mandy Patinkin and Connie Nielsen of Gladiator, and it is directed by Academy Award winner Asif Kapadia (Amy) from a script by Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons).

Despite its sterling credentials, Ali and Nino stunk it up with the critics upon its limited release to theaters in November, 2016, garnering a 33% Fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.

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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.