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Tag Archives: Georgian
Lived Once a Song-Thrush (1970) Otar Iosseliani, Gela Kandelaki, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Read More »
27 Missing Kisses (2000) Nana Dzhordzhadze, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Shalva Iashvili
The summerly adventures of teen Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father Read More »
Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story / Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi (1983) Eldar Shengelaia, Ramaz Giorgobiani, Vasil Kakhniashvili, Teimuraz Chirgadze
In an off-beat story told in three acts and an epilogue, a young writer tries unsuccessfully Read More »
Melodies of the Vera Quarter / Veris ubnis melodiebi (1973) Giorgi Shengelaia, Sofiko Chiaureli, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Ia Ninidze
Pavle, who is a poor cart-driver has two girls, Maro and Tamro. Read More »
The Wishing Tree AKA Natvris khe (1976) Tengiz Abuladze, Lika Kavzharadze, Soso Jachvliani, Zaza Kolelishvili
This film is about psychology of people, about lonesome persons, about terrible mentality and about fantastic dreams… Read More »
Pirosmani (1969) Giorgi Shengelaia, Avtandil Varazi, Dodo Abashidze, Givi Aleksandria, Biography
This film is about the great Georgian painter – primitivist Niko Pirosmanashvili (1862-1918). An unknown, self-taught painter roams the streets of a city, painting his pictures. Read More »
Monanieba / Repentance (1984) Tengiz Abuladze, Avtandil Makharadze, Ia Ninidze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Comedy, Drama
The villainous mayor of a small town in Georgia, Varlam (Avtandil Makharadze), responsible for Stalin-like terror in his megalomania, dies and is given a pompous burial. Problem arises when the attractive Guliko (Iya Ninidze), someone whose two daughters were persecuted by the mayor, keeps digging up his grave and placing it somewhere else. She is arrested after telling authorities Varlam has no business being buried with such honor. During her trial, the story of the evil mayor is told in flashback, using the power of symbols and surreal dream images to bring back the recollections of that nightmarish regime.
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