Ia Shugliashvili

The story centers around the Georgian family while waiting for their terminally ill mother to pass away

5/10

The house painter Misha lives with sense of guilt because of the death of the son. Police officers ruthlessly destroy Misha for the fact that allegedly he stores things stolen by his son. The meeting with Niko Pirosmani's drawing of "Train in Kakheti" for Misha becomes an opportunity that he will come back the past and to confess for the made mistakes concerning his son.

Grandmother while watching the performance, she first time gets into the dialogue with herself, before the moment she did not have time. After entering the dialogue with herself, it is a dangerous dialogue as psychologically it will form a some kind of a conflict. The conflict might expose outside or might stay inside in the interior. During the circus performance grandmother goes through the rite of passage.

Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.

7.4/10
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