Zghwardze

original title:
Zghwardze
other titles:
(An der Grenze), On the Borderline
country / year of production:
Georgia / 1993 (x)
original length:
76 min. , color
premiere:
CH: August 1993, Locarno Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Dito Tsintsadze
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plot synopsis:
The physicist Niko leaves his wife to start a new life with another woman. He is controlled by both parties of the civil war when he tries to leave the city. His affair leaves the city by train and he returns alone. On his way back he is controlled again and gets a weapon into his hands because he shall be a guard for some minutes. When the others return Niko starts to shoot at them.
keywords:
civilians , women during wartime , train , order and obedience
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Won the "Silver Leopard" at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1993.
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