Sherekilebi (1974)
10/10
In the name of love and dreams
17 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is a definition of masterpiece, one of the best of Georgian cinema of this epoch. The story develops very fast in the beginning, a young villager loses his father, then all his property, goes to the city, meets a woman under ridiculously weird conditions, falls in love with her and helps her in spoliation of evidence. His attempt fails and he gets arrested. The prison is a large size underground wine vessel, where he is placed with an old, half crazy "scholar". His madness is evidently the result of a tragic love story from his youth. He has a poetic dream to build a flying machine and fly over the grave of his sweetheart. The young guy teams up with him, hoping to see again the woman he loves. Thus starts their adventure, full of absurdity and ridiculousness. The movie delivers lots of laughter, some tears and absolute satisfaction. While the script itself is brilliant, the director does a superb job. Acting is equally high level. As for the music, it is a cooperation of Giya Kancheli and Jansug Kakhidze - two gems of Georgian music. I believe it is impossible to dislike this movie and even more, you cannot avoid falling in love with it. :))
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