Otar Vefkhvadze

The film is about a young Georgian poet Mirza Gelovani, who died in WWII. It also tells the story of Mirza Gelovani’s contemporaries who sacrificed their youth to their homeland

Farmer. Labour. Violence. Escape. Freedom. War. In the meantime there still are colour, lake, hut, hearth and hands that cure, but also the evil that destroys color, lake, hut, hearth and hands that cure. The lost generation that has experienced the madness of war is punished for the things it has not committed and forgiven for those committed. Forgiveness, Redemption and Ascent.

Georgian and foreign alpinists make an effort to ascend a high mountain. The weather is inclement making their effort extremely perilous. Every step on the snow-covered trail is precarious. Professionalism, firmness and compassion have far more value than the physical ability.