Tbilisi-Tbilisi (2005)

Director:

Levan Zaqareishvili

Writer:

Levan Zaqareishvili (writer)

Release Date:

14 July 2005 (Georgia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young filmmaker named Dato has no money to make a movie, so he hangs out drinking and brooding all day in the capital of the former Soviet republic...

Plot Keywords:

Place Name In Title | Poverty | Director | Alcoholism | Repetition In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Giorgi Maskharashvili	...	Dato
Eka Nijaradze
Rusiko Kobiashvili
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Berta Khapava
Dato Khurtsilava
Shota Qristesashvili
Baadur Tsuladze

Runtime:

France:107 min | Georgia:87 min

Country:

Georgia

Language:

French | Georgian

Color:

Color | Black and White

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Tbilisi, Georgia

Company:

National Centre of Cinematography of Georgia

Trivia:

Other festivals and awards: - "Nika"- Russian Film Academy Award 2006 - Cannes IFF(Directors ' Fortnight) 2005 - Black Sea IFF (Romania) Best Script Award 2005 - Eurasia IFF (Kazakhstan,Almaty) Special Jury Award 2005 - Best Directing Award, "An ELEPHANT"-special prize of the Guild of the Russian Film Critics Best Actor in a Supporting Role.- Festival of Cis Countries and Baltic States (KINOSHOCK) 2005 - IFF of Cinema Mediterraneen(Montpellier,France)-Best Music Award 2005 - "Golden Lily"-Grand Prize for the Best film (Wiesbuden,Germany) 2006 - Best Film Award Ashdod IFF (Israel)2006 Best Directing Award -Ashdod IFF (Israel)2006 - Best Film Award Best Directing Award -Ashdod IFF (Israel)2006 - Festival of Cis Countries and Baltic States(KINOSHOCK) 2005 Best Directing Award "An ELEPHANT"-special prize of the Guild of the Russian Film Critics Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Tbilisi is a gritty look at itself

I saw this film at the 2006 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Levan Zaqareishvili is it's Tbilisi born and Tblisi resident Director/Writer/Producer and since it about a man who is writing a film you have to wonder if this may be a thinly veiled film based on Zaquareishvilli and some of his experiences. This film is slow paced and very dark and brooding but it keeps your attention. There are some interesting characters like the retired professor who is now a market vendor, the old woman selling sunflower seeds, the gang of delinquents and the alcoholic sister of the gang leader, the bully security guard, the marketplace drummer and the deaf vagrant and her little brother in this bleak look at the underbelly and harsh life of Tbilisi. Again you have to wonder if some of these character subjects are drawn from real life. Segments of the film that represent what the central character is writing for his movie are shot in black and white that gives it a dramatic and documentary style effect. I would give this a 7.0 out of scale of 10. It is a good film and I would recommend it.