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

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

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

The Night Illusion

The Night Illusion 1985

1

A group of young people wants to settle in an abandoned village and revive it

1985

Mountain Summiters

Mountain Summiters 1977

6.00

Having met road workers, a sports instructor convinces them to sign up in the mountaineering section and begin to conquer the surrounding peaks.

1977

The Precinct

The Precinct 2010

5.00

Baku, Azerbaijan. A famous photographer postpones his wedding once again due to an important job offer. During the inevitable quarrel with his fiancée, they have a car accident.

2010

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

Wait for the Contact

Wait for the Contact 1979

4.00

During WWII in Ukraine both sides are desperately looking for the information about a forgotten weapons warehouse.

1979

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

Duchess Mary

Duchess Mary 1926

4.50

The boring daily life of the high society of Pyatigorsk in the XIX century is revived by the arrival of Pechorin from St. Petersburg. Pechorin’s love affair with Mary becomes the subject of controversy.

1926

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

Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake 1977

9.00

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

1977

Gogi Ratiani

Gogi Ratiani 1927

3.80

Directed by Kote Mardzhanishvili Production: Georgia Goskinprom The fate of two Georgian schoolchildren, Gogi and Kiko, who share a love of painting, a dream to go to art school. The action of the film begins on the eve of the October Revolution.

1927

Betting

Betting 1974

4.00

Three road workers set at a rest stop waiting for paint to apply road markings.

1974

The Waltz on the Petschora

The Waltz on the Petschora 1992

2.50

Set in 1937 Stalinist Georgia, the film traces the parallel destinies of a mother, condemned by the government as "an enemy of the people" and exiled to a work camp in Siberia, and her daughter, who meanwhile is sent to an orphanage. Arriving at the overcrowded work camp, the mother and other women who are not considered strong enough to be labourers, must journey still farther, crossing the icy Siberian landscape in search of food and shelter. At the same time, the daughter escapes the orphanage and returns to her former home, where she finds that a KGB officer has taken up residence. He protects her and an uneasy rapport between them develops—one of abhorrence and attraction, need and suspicion.

1992

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

Three Sons-In-Law

Three Sons-In-Law 1978

6.00

Kahi and Baadur get a letter from Berik, who sent them photographs of women and a letter in which he informs them that he has decided to marry one of them. Having also decided to build their family life with unmarried others, the friends buy a hive of bees and set off on the train.

1978

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