Brides (2014 film)

Brides

Film poster
Directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili
Produced by Tinatin Kajrishvili, Sébastien Aubert, Suliko Tsulukidze, Lasha Khalvashi
Written by Tinatin Kajrishvili
Starring Mari Kitia, Giorgi Maskharashvili, Giorgi Makharadze, Darejan Khachidze, Tamar Mamulashvili, Anuka Grigolia
Music by Rim Laurens
Cinematography Goga Devdariani
Edited by David Guiraud
Production
company
GEMINI, MILLIMETER FILM & ADASTRA Films
Release dates
  • 9 February 2014 (Berlinale)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country Georgia / France
Language Georgian

Brides (Georgian: პატარძლები; transliterated Patardzlebi) is a 2014 Georgian-French film directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili.[1] and produced by GEMINI, MILLIMETER FILMS and ADASTRA Films.[2]

In her feature film debut Tinatin Kajrishvili shows the daily routine of a woman wose partner is in prison. The film is about human dignity and the repressive judicial system in Georgia.

The film had its world premiere at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section [1][3] and won the 3rd Place Panorama Audience Award – Fiction Film 2014.[4] It has also been selected for the official competition (World Narrative Competition) of Tribeca Film Festival.[5]

The film was supported by the Georgian National Film Center and the French National Center of Cinematography and the moving image.[6]

Plot

Nutsa, a young mother, lives with her two children in a suburbs of Tblisi in Georgia. Her partner Goga is in prison. They get married, so she gains the right to talk to him once a month in the visiting room on the other side of the glass. The ceremony is quick with a strange ambiance. Goga in prison, Nutsa with children outside, a routine sets in.

Cast

Festivals

Awards :

Third audience award

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS for Mari Kitia


Selections :


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1
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  4. ↑ "Panorama 64th Berlinale". Berlinale. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  5. ↑ http://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-narrative-films-2014
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ http://www.sff.ba/en/news/10044/20th-sarajevo-film-festival-awards

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