Repentance (film)

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Repentance
Directed by Tengiz Abuladze
Starring Avtandil Makharadze
Distributed by Cannon Film (US theatrical)
Ruscico (DVD)
Release date(s) 4 December 1987 (US limited)
Running time 153 mins
Country Georgia (then USSR)
Language Georgian
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Repentance (Georgian: Monanieba, მონანიება ) is a Georgian film directed by Tengiz Abuladze. The movie was made in 1984, but its release was banned in the Soviet Union for its semi-allegorical critique of Stalinism. In 1987, it premiered in Cannes Film Festival, winning the FIPRESCI Prize, Grand Prize of the Jury, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

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Preceded by
The Sacrifice
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
1987
Succeeded by
A World Apart