Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Avtandil Makharadze | ... | Varlam Aravidze / Abel Aravidze | |
Ia Ninidze | ... | Guliko (as Iya Ninidze) | |
Zeinab Botsvadze | ... | Ketevan Barateli | |
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Ketevan Abuladze | ... | Nino Barateli |
David Giorgobiani | ... | Sandro Barateli (as Edisher Giorgobiani) | |
Kakhi Kavsadze | ... | Mikheil Koresheli | |
Merab Ninidze | ... | Tornike | |
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Nino Zakariadze | ... | Elene Korisheli (as Nino Zaqariadze) |
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Nano Ochigava | ... | Ketevan as a child |
Boris Tsipuria | |||
Akaki Khidasheli | |||
Leo Antadze | ... | (as Levan Antadze) | |
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Rezo Esadze | ||
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Mzia Makhviladze | ... | (as M. Makhazadze) |
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Amiran Amiranashvili |
The day after the funeral 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, who is accused of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest because 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>
This film was absolute genius and, in my opinion, one of the best films produced in the 20th century. It is on par with films like the Seventh Seal and Schindler's List in terms of symbolism and philosophy. The only way one can not like this film is if one does not understand it- which is quite possible, if one is only haphazardly watching it and is not fully engaged, or is expecting the film to chew up the messages for you and give you something simple you can quickly take away without actually appreciating the movie- then this is the wrong film for you. In order to properly appreciate this film you have to engage in higher philosophical thought and reflect both on the lives of individuals of the Stalinist era as well as your own era, since this movie is timeless. It explores human nature at its basest level, and what causes humans to act in the ways they do.