The Aviatrix of Kazbek (2010)

On the island Texel, Marie dreams about mountains; she collects postcards of mountains all over the world. She would love to do something else with her life, but as the only girls in a big ... See full summary »

Director:

Ineke Smits

Writers:

Arthur Japin, Ineke Smits

Stars:

Anamaria Marinca, Sallie Harmsen, Jack Wouterse

Cast

Credited cast:
Anamaria Marinca	...	the Aviatrix of Kazbek
Sallie Harmsen	...	Kaat
Jack Wouterse
Rick Paul van Mulligen	...	Paul
Peter Lohmeyer	...	Bresser
Mea Dols de Jong	...	Meisje
Dick van den Toorn	...	Man in kerk
Kakha Kintsurashvili	...	Irakli
Sylvia Poorta	...	Marie's mother
Arthur Japin	...	Elder
Madelief Blanken	...	Marie
Guido ten Broeke	...	SS Soldier
Lasha Bakradze	...	Indischa
Zura Jgenti
Dato Roinishvili	...	Amiran

Storyline

On the island Texel, Marie dreams about mountains; she collects postcards of mountains all over the world. She would love to do something else with her life, but as the only girls in a big poor family in wartime, Marie has no choice: she must marry Paul. The extreme religious and narrow minded population at the island expects her to behave. The arrival of a group of Georgian soldiers brings color, life en love in Marie's life at the colorless Nordsea island. With their music and film, but especially with their inventive and unusual surviving strategies and their radically different vision on life, this isolated group foreigners help Marie to find herself. For the first time in her life, Marie falls in love. Unfortunately, her love for soldier Goga from Kazbek and the friendship with the other soldiers, is not accepted by her family and the other people on the island. Exhorted by the female hero in the Soviet musical 'The Aviatrix of Kazbek', the only film the Georgians carry with them...

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female | male objectification | male nudity | bare chested male | hairy chested male | 

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Georgian soldiers were played by authentic Georgians who didn't speak Dutch or English. There was always a translator around to help all communication between these actors and the crew.

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Netherlands Belgium

Language:

Dutch Georgian German

Release Date:

8 April 2010 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

The Aviatrix of Kazbek

Filming Locations:

Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Isabella Films, Fu Works, Serendipity films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color