Directed by Gigisha Abashidze, drama, 95 min, eng subtitles, 16+
Written by Gigisha Abashidze
With Tornike Gogrichiani, Ia Sukhitashvili, Nino Koridze, Temur Chichinadze, Natalia Kuloshvili
Residents of an old Tbilisi neighbourhood live like one big family, helping each other out to alleviate their poverty, and killing their time together chatting, playing games and partying in the yard. Everything changes when a developer offers a large amount of money to buy up their dilapidated houses in order to make way for a skyscraper project. Several jobless members of the community are happy to accept the offer, but one of the neighbours, Gia, resists...
Beautifully filmed, directed and acted, this charming and quiet film focuses on the everyday life of a community, presenting a microcosm of society in transition. Winner of the Special Jury Diploma for the best director at the 2019 International Film Festival in Kiev.
Awards:
Molodist IFF 2019 (Full-Length Competition - Special Jury Diploma for Best Director)
Followed by a tasting of Georgian wines.
With the support of the Georgian Embassy in Brussels