The Orphan Sky

A young Communist falls in love with the painter she is sent to spy on – and is then forced to turn him in. In 1979 Azerbaijan, young piano prodigy Leli Badalbeili receives an order from her Communist mentor-to spy on a suspicious music shop. When she meets the shop’s owner, a rebellious young painter, the veneer of the Communist world she once believed in begins to crack. Just as Leli begins to fall in love, she’s discovered by her comrades and forced to make an impossible choice. Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures as the red banner of Communism bared down and the West beckoned, The Orphan Sky lyrically reveals one woman’s struggle to find her place in the world.