Crystal Globe Competition 2023 / Mokalake Tsmindani / Georgia, France, Bulgaria 2023
On the main square of a mining town stands a cross depicting a saint, regarded by the local miners as their protector. One day, the cross is taken down for repair and the statue of the saint suddenly vanishes. When a mysterious stranger subsequently appears among them, the residents put two and two together… In her third feature, a satirical parable about a saint who descends the cross to live among mortals, Tinatin Kajrishvili wonders what it is exactly that people want to believe in. Do saints have greater significance as inanimate symbols, or do they have the right to exist as living human beings? The carefully composed black-and-white images from experienced cameraman Krum Rodriguez underscore the oppression of life in the mining town and also the absurdity of the emerging situation.
Lenka Tyrpáková
100 min / Black & white, DCP
World premiere
Director Tinatin Kajrishvili
/ Screenplay Tinatin Kajrishvili, Basa Janikashvili
/ Dir. of Photography Krum Rodriguez
/ Music Tako Zhordania
/ Sound Emanuel Soland
/ Editor David Apkhaidze
/ Art Director George Gordzamashvili
/ Producer Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili
/ Production Artizm, Gemini
/ Coproduction Mandra Films, Chouchkov Brothers
/ Cast Levan Berikashvili, George Babluani, Mari Kitia, Gia Burjanadze
/ Contact Studio Artizm
Tinatin Kajrishvili (1978, Georgia). Selected filmography: Brides (Patardzlebi, 2014), Horizon (Horizonti, 2018), Citizen Saint (Mokalake Tsmindani, 2023).
Studio Artizm
33 Lado Asatiani str., 0105, Tbilisi
Georgia
Phone: +995 595 926 206
E-mail: [email protected]
Tinatin Kajrishvili
Film Director
George Babluani
Actor
Lasha Khalvashi
Producer
Basa Janikashvili
Screenwriter
Mari Bolqvadze
Film Crew
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