
Acting
Lia Kapanadze
Born 1934-03-08
Acting credits
6.5A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by the well-known Georgian writer Nodar Dumbadze. This story about love and loyalty, bravery and betrayal, began shortly before the Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Georgy Tumurashvili, a militia man, was affectionately called “Cucaracha”, by both the kids and the adults. He was a conscientious divisional inspector investigating various incidents, calling to order local hoodlums and settling family arguments. Once he helped out Inga who fell prey to Murtalo, a bandit and murderer. The young people fell in love with each other. But Murtalo decided to take revenge on Kukaracha…
Kukaracha
1982
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Grandma for Everybody
1987
A young man, escaping the reality around him, takes refuge in a basement and becomes a rat.
Rat
1991
6.0The film delves into the moral dilemmas of human relationships. An old sailor, the sole survivor of a ship that sank during the war, grapples with the weight of a moral compromise made many years ago. As he reflects on his past, he recalls his carefree life, filled with mistakes, and the crime he committed against the captain of the lost ship.
Children of the Sea
1964
9.0The film is based on a real story. Climbers found the purse of a military postman killed during World War II, letters sent 30 years later.
Don't Believe that I'm No Longer Here
1975
5.7Vazha served his sentence for stealing a cow and returned to the village. Upon his return, he decided to repair the house. His friends promised to help, but then everyone had their own business.
Return
1977
7.1A group of geologists discover oil under the fields where Sosana, the aged and anachronistic father, raises his herd with his unhappy wife, her friend and his growing boy with whom he displays a wonderful rapport. The land is invaded by big machinery that feels remarkably alien to the serene and natural aesthetic of the valley. The family all enjoys the pleasures and storytelling capacity a slide projector grants them, but it too feels distinctly out of place in a town with no plumbing.
Great Green Valley
1967
6.0A sixteen novels about a life of a people in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
Tbilisi and Her Citizens
1976
6.8Alexi leaves the house of his father and stepmother and rents an apartment. He wants to be independent and find his place in the world. But no basic changes ensue – he has the same friends, with the same trivial conversations and the same inactivity. Only the death of his favorite teacher, to whom the young man felt very close, really changes his habitual way of life. Alexi makes a decision: he refuses a place at a research institute and leaves for a teaching job at a village school, the same school his mentor used to work at.
The Step
1987
7.0The film tells the story of the heroism of Private Vladimir Kharazia in World War II.
The story of an Abkhazian young man
1977
NRThe absurdity of war, where people lose the ability to communicate and moral values. The story of a woman and man who have lost the sense of reality, in Ionesco's absurd genre. Despite the constant conflict, they can no longer stay calm together. The war is over but they stay in a separate, isolated world - where is no fear but the silence.
Delirium
2003
NRTamara looks after and old woman, Paola, and sends money to her husband and three kids. Suddenly her husband, Valiko dies in an accident. As an illegal immigrant, Tamara can not go to mourn him and decides to do it by cell phone.
Felicità
2026
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Азниф
2010
5.9Zura, a son of a rich businessman, steals a car of his father’s friend to amuse his classmates. When informed about it, the school principal discards him from the bike tournament. Nevertheless, Zura’s father manages to persuade her to allow his son to participate and even succeeds in bribing his championship. Zura’s classmates know that he became a champion undeservedly but can’t do anything about it. Only Khatuna, his alleged girlfriend, and Lexo, Zura’s friend, dare to protest against it. Their lack of loyalty enrages Zura and in the rush of the blood he crashes his father’s car. The accident takes Laxo’s life. Zura’s father does his best to save his son from deserved punishment but the first one against his decision is Zura himself.
When Almonds Blossomed
1973
7.0The Great Patriotic War is coming to an end. Six-year-old Zuriko lives with his grandmother in a small Georgian village. His mother abandoned him and his father is at the front. The boy waits for his father, but he doesn't come back from the war alone, but with a new wife, Iano. A conflict arises between the three.
Grandmothers and Grandchildren
1969
The film depicts the story of Leonardo's death in grotesque ways. Relatives begin the traditional preparations for the funeral, while the "deceased" archaically "walks" through the city streets, watching with interest the preparations for his own funeral.
Leonardo
1993
Associations on the Music of Alfred Schnittke - A Film Poem by Shotiko Kalandadze
ასოციაციები ალფრედ შნიტკეს მუსიკაზე
2015
NRBased on the works of Jean Anouilh. Eurydice and Orpheus meet on the platform of a railway station along with other heroes of the film. Among them is Death, who kills Eurydice. Orpheus tries in vain to save Eurydice from the kingdom of death.
Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation
1991
NRThe film's protagonists are children. The film depicts the aspirations of adolescents to achieve their goals, the formation of character and personality, and the struggle for self-determination.
May Snow
1989
7.0The film tells the story of a little pony, Raru, who is rescued from danger by a little girl, Eli.
The Adventures of Eli and Raru
1986
NRThe hero of the film is the son of a high-ranking official. His parents do not care for him, and the boy's only friend is his father's driver. Time passes, Gela's father is fired from his job, his car is confiscated, and the boy is left without friends.
Gela
1971
10.0First Part "The Call" :The orphan boy is raise by his grandmother. Disturbed by his mischiefs she decides to let boy's grandfather take care of him. Between them, the boy and his grandfather, a lovely relationship develops. Second Part "Hellados": Tells a story about the friendship between Greek and Georgian boys
The Call
1979
NRThe bus driver notices that the bus has regular passengers, but they don't know each other, they just argue and bicker. The driver deviates from the route, takes the bus into the forest, starts driving, and hides and starts watching from a distance.
An Unusual Ride
1983
9.0A traumatized boy starts to bully his new classmates, and tries to find meaning in his life.
The Lake
1998