Cinema
ბეღურების გადაფრენა
Temur Babluani · 1980
Synopsis
The whole film takes place on a journey: a second-class carriage crossing Soviet Georgia, travellers packed onto the benches and the bunks. The entertainment comes from an elegant blond man who says he is an actor and claims to have travelled the world; most listen to him, captivated. A stern-looking man, travelling with a tame sparrow hidden in his coat, does not believe a word of these stories, and says so aloud.
Context
First feature film by its author, who also wrote the screenplay and the musical accompaniment, after a short film of 1975. Elgouja Bourdouli plays the lead; Rezo Essadzé and Amiran Amiranachvili are in the cast, the cinematography is by Viktor Andrievski and the sets by Iouri Kvatchadzé. Sixty-five minutes in black and white. The film comes out of film school: its author had just obtained his diploma, and he himself handed his copy over to the Georgian studio in 2018, with three other films of his.
Who it is for
A short film, with no French release. It is worth knowing that almost everything takes place in a railway carriage, and that the title speaks of birds taking flight.
Prizes and reception
Special prize at the eleventh All-Union festival of young filmmakers, in Kyiv, in 1980.