Georgi SHENGELAIA
Георгий ШЕНГЕЛАЯ
Gueorgui CHENGUELAIA
USSR (Georgia), 1962, 41mn 
Black and white, fiction
Alaverdoba
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Алавердоба

 

 Two Stories

 Alaverdoba

 
Directed by : Georgi SHENGELAIA (Георгий ШЕНГЕЛАЯ)
Writing credits : Georgi SHENGELAIA (Георгий ШЕНГЕЛАЯ)
 
Cast
Kote DANISHVILI (Коте ДАНИШВИЛИ) ...Un lesguine
Irakli KOKRASHVILI (Ираклий КОКРАШВИЛИ) ...Le marchand
Geïdar PALAVANDISHVILI (Гейдар ПАЛАВАНДИШВИЛИ)
Nodar PIRANISHVILI (Нодар ПИРАНИШВИЛИ) ...Le coiffeur
 
Companies : Grouzia-Film
Release Date in Russia : 1966
 

Plot synopsis
Guram goes to Kakheti in order to see firsthand the ancient Georgian religious feast Alaverdoba. He hopes to see the genuine festivity of his people: horse racing, wrestling etc. Contrary to his expectations, as Guram enters the yard of the cathedral he encounters a bunch of drunks who turned the religious feast into a binge. Disappointed Guram steals a stallion and gallops into the crowd. Alas, he manages to revive the drunks just for a while.
The Georgian National Film Center
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival of Archive Films, Belye Stolby (Russia), 2019
- Retrospectives : brothers Shengelaya - Mikhail Kobakhidze, Paris (France), 2005