Tangerines

Tangerines 2013

7.69

War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.

2013

In Bloom

In Bloom 2013

7.00

Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.

2013

Brigands, Chapter VII

Brigands, Chapter VII 1996

5.10

A witty, despairing French-Russian-Italian-Swiss art movie set in 16th-century Georgia, Stalinist Georgia, contemporary Georgia, and contemporary Paris, featuring the same set of actors in all four settings.

1996

Sun of the Sleepless

Sun of the Sleepless 1992

5.10

The director dedicated this lyrical, epic film-confession to the memory of his father who was a doctor. The film’s protagonist, an ambulance doctor, conducts dangerous experiments in search of a vitally important vaccine. His wife believes in his work, though his daughter would not understand him. His son, who is absolutely unlike his father in character, is trying to protect him. But self-denial in the name of science proves too high a price. Just when he is on the verge of discovery, the doctor loses everything he has gathered as a result of his twenty-year-long work. This loss brings him even closer to his son. The shooting of the film continued for seven years (1985-1992), making it a metaphorical culmination of the Soviet cinematography and the Soviet way of life as a whole.

1992

Voyage of the Young Composer

Voyage of the Young Composer 1985

5.00

The year is 1907. The young composer Nikusha sets out on a journey over the villages of Central Georgia to record folk songs. For this he provides himself with a map of the places he would like to visit. His accidental co-traveler is Leko Tatasheli who is convinced that the composer is on a mission of the revolutionary committee and his map is the plan of a future uprising…

1985

Kvevri

Kvevri 1971

5.50

Gogia brings home a kvevri (georgian wine vessel) made in Imereti in Kakheti . Kvevri brought from a distance with a sledgehammer breaks carelessly. Gogia takes craftsman Abesalom home, who repairs the kvevri, but he himself will get stuck inside of it .

1971

Imeretian Sketches

Imeretian Sketches 1979

5.40

Life in a small community. A grand mother and passing of time. Small facts, games of nephews, memories of a young girl and the silence of a world behind fears or great expectations.

1979

Khareba and Gogia

Khareba and Gogia 1987

4.70

Khareba Jibuti, Prince Kharashvili’s right hand man becomes an outlaw after he witnesses a series of injustices. After meeting another outlaw Gogia Kenkiashvili he joins his bunch in the forest. They cause lots of trouble for the local rich thus winning the hearts and minds of poor people. Nevertheless, when captain Akhvlediani opens the hunting season on two renowned outlaws he finds a much-needed man who is ready to show him their whereabouts.

1987

Comrade Stalin Goes to Africa

Comrade Stalin Goes to Africa 1991

5.00

A mockumentary mixing actual private footage of Stalin with reconstructed dramatic sequences featuring doubles.

1991

Treasure

Treasure 1961

1

Hardworking, honest Saulia and his young wife Fundu are living happy lives, but once while plowing, Saulia finds a precious treasure buried in the ground, and after that he is completely changed.

1961

Bombora

Bombora 1968

1

Bombora roams the streets, frightening citizens and constantly breaking lanterns. As a result, the lamplighter Sao becomes so enraged that he decides to leave the city. In the darkened city, chaos ensues; people can’t see anything and are colliding with one another, while no one is left to light the lanterns.

1968

Cast Iron

Cast Iron 1964

4.50

Documentary of the Rustavi Metal Works, in the country of Georgia.

1964

Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake 1977

9.00

Road masters Abessalom, Beso and Gigla decide to enjoy lemon cake for dessert.

1977

I See the Sun

I See the Sun 1965

5.10

In Georgia during WWII Zurikela, an orphan boy, meets Khatia, a blind girl, and vows to help her to see again.

1965

Pastorale

Pastorale 1975

5.20

In the mountain village comes a group of young musicians in Tbilisi. Here they are going to relax and rehearse. Sad story about the final rupture occurred, the peasants do not sing beautiful old songs, the musicians play music incomprehensible to them ... Far from the idyllic image of rural life.

1975

Samanishvili's Stepmother

Samanishvili's Stepmother 1977

3.90

Impoverished old nobleman Bekina insists on marrying a wife, but his son Platon does not want to have sharer in father's inheritance. Platon finds two times widowed and childless bride for Bekina, but a fate makes fun of him.

1977

Coming Closer

Coming Closer 1989

4.20

A full-blooded, interesting life has long eluded the house where a mother, father, son and daughter live. Trivial household matters, conversation at dinner about duty — that's all that connects them. The situation changes when it becomes known that the family inherited the village house, and that it will probably be necessary to enter into a struggle with the joint heirs. From the bottom of chests, old albums and documents confirming the priority of the family are extracted, and intrigues begin ...

1989

The Fastest People in the World

The Fastest People in the World 1985

5.50

Rachvelians, notables with their slowness tell awkward, partly unbelievable and very funny anecdotes they have gone through, while their countryman participates in long-distance race.

1985