In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.
The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both...
Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy’s true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.
A biography of the Georgian primitive artist Nikoloz Pirosmanishvili (1862–1918), better known as Pirosmani, who died of starvation and sold his paintings to bars and restaurants for food and drink. The film experiments with color control techniques based on the painter’s style.
In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of...
Martia, an experienced shepherd together with others is moving his herd to the winter pastures. The life of the shepherds is mundane and complex to the extent that even a minor mistake is fraught with serious consequences. Martia’s older son forsakes the herd for good and moves to the city in...
Local baron decides to take poor Kikola’s land and orders a local witch Babale to persuade Kikola’s wife that non-compliance will bring suffering to their children Kato and Kajana. On the day of the Bonfire, Kato plays a wicked trick on her brother by dressing up as an evil imp. The shock makes...
The story is based on Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's novel and depicts the social and political changes taking place in Soviet Georgia in the 1930s through the line of the main characters: Tarash Emkhvari and Arzakan Zvambaya.
Georgia of the 1920s. An honest, charming, but naive fisherman Lado helps all those in need. And they benefit from his kindness, first of all the miller Stephen, a greedy person, but times are changing and people like Stephen have no future.
A group of rebel peasants rebels against the Menshevik government. They are led by Parnaoz Morchadze. Their uprising fails. The rebels take refuge in the forest. Parnaoz is eventually brutally murdered. Red Army units enter the city. In the street, comrades mourn Parnaoz, who did not live to see...
The film takes place in the 17th century. Even during the wedding of his friend Google, Onise realized that he loved his wife Dzija. But he swore to be her brother and protect her. Anisa also liked Jiji more, but she did not like Gugu, she married him according to the will of her relatives. After a...
Institute employee Jaba Imedadze has a conflict with a dishonest thesis seeker, and family troubles are also involved. At this time, Jaba is offered an experiment in the countryside - in his native village, a favorite job and desirable people await him.
Ololi, a young actress, returns to her family and hometown after separating from her husband. Her father's colleague wants to marry her, but his desire is driven more by ambition than genuine affection. However, Ololi falls in love with someone else, a young driver named Guja. Guja loves Ololi as...
Young Teacher Lado moves to the village, where he falls in love with Ketu,a young librarian, but Ketu has been engaged to a fellow villager since childhood. Chofe and his brother threaten Lado that breaking his word and breaking custom can be fatal for the lovers. However, young people are not...
During the meeting in the Kolkhidmsheni division, they will decide to strengthen the work in the highway area, headed by Taras Japaridze, before the rains begin, and transfer Archil Tsanava's brigade here as well. Archil considers this decision to be unfair. But his fiancee, engineer Nani Tophuria,...
