Nodar MANADADZE
Нодар МАНАГАДЗЕ
Nodar MANAGADZE
USSR (Georgia), 1976, 68mn 
Black and white, fiction
Living Legends
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Ожившие легенды

 

 Légendes vivantes

 Ozhivshie legendy

Other titles : Amagleba (original title)
 
Directed by : Nodar MANADADZE (Нодар МАНАГАДЗЕ)
Writing credits : Erlom AKHVLEDIANY (Эрлом АХВЛЕДИАНИ), David JAVAKHISHVILI (Давид ДЖАВАХИШВИЛИ), Nodar MANADADZE (Нодар МАНАГАДЗЕ)
 
Cast
Zurab KAPYANIDZE (Зураб КАПИАНИДЗЕ) ...Ivane
Teimuraz JAPARIDZE (Теймураз ДЖАПАРИДЗЕ)
Guram PIRTSKHALAVA (Гурам ПИРЦХАЛАВА)
 
Cinematography : Nugzar ERKOMAISHVILI (Нугзар ЭРКОМАИШВИЛИ)
Production design : Nikolay ZANDUKELI (Николай ЗАНДУКЕЛИ)
Music : Nodar GABUNIYA (Нодар ГАБУНИЯ)
Production : Gruzia-Film
Release date in Russia : 1988
 

Plot synopsis
The stone-cutter, Nasdika, transforms stones into works of art. The labourer, Ivané, harvests wheat in the field. The monk, Béka, paints his pictures in the convent cell. The nobleman, Kirilé, has decided to get married. The war started by enemies turns all these people into warriors. Living Legends is a parable, a hymn to the glory of the georgian people, enamoured of freedom and independence, whose most worthy sons have never hesitated to die in the name of the glorious future of their country.
Nodar Managadze
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1988