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Repentance (1984)
Monanieba (original title)

PG 153 min  -  Comedy | Drama  -   1984 (Soviet Union)
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The day after the fumeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied... See full summary »

Director:

Tengiz Abuladze
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Avtandil Makharadze ...
Varlam Aravidze / Abel Aravidze
Ya Ninidze Ya Ninidze ...
Guliko
Zeinab Botsvadze Zeinab Botsvadze ...
Ketevan Barateli
Ketevan Abuladze Ketevan Abuladze ...
Nino Barateli
Edisher Giorgobiani Edisher Giorgobiani ...
Sandro Barateli
Kakhi Kavsadze Kakhi Kavsadze ...
Mikheil Koresheli
Merab Ninidze ...
Tornike
Nino Zaqariadze Nino Zaqariadze ...
Elene Korisheli
Nano Ochigava Nano Ochigava ...
Ketevan as a child
Boris Tsipuria Boris Tsipuria
Akaki Khidasheli Akaki Khidasheli
Leo Antadze Leo Antadze
Rezo Esadze Rezo Esadze
Mzia Makhviladze Mzia Makhviladze
Amiran Amiranashvili Amiran Amiranashvili
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Storyline

The day after the fumeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse keeps returning, and the police eventually capture a local woman accusing her of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest, as when he was alive he was responsible for a Stalin-like reign of terror that led to the disappearance of many of her friends... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>  

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Son | Mayor | Confession | Torture | Cliff  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Georgia | Soviet Union

Language:

Georgian | Russian (only a few words) | Italian (song lyrics) | German (song lyrics)

Release Date:

(Soviet Union) See more »

Also Known As:

Ångern See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$215,496 (USA)
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Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color
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Trivia

Director Tengiz Abuladze stated that the idea to this film was based on a real incident (a local dignitary's corpse being exhumed and placed at the family's porch in the western Georgian region of Mingrelia). See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: In the surrealist scene where the painter (Sandro Barateli) and the disgraced official (Mikheil Koresheli) meet and Mikheil explains the absurd charges for which he is being tried, a jet airplane can be heard passing overhead. See more »

Quotes

Old Woman: Excuse me, does this street lead to a church? I want to know whether this street leads to a church.
Ketevan Barateli: No, this is Varlam Street, and it doesn't lead to a church.
Old Woman: Then what do you need it for? Why have a road that doesn't lead to a church?
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