Eldar SHENGELAIA
Эльдар ШЕНГЕЛАЯ
Eldar CHENGUELAIA
USSR, 1974, 79mn 
Colour, fiction
Chudaki
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Чудаки

 

 The Eccentrics

 Les Huluberlus

Other titles : Sherekilebi
 
Directed by : Eldar SHENGELAIA (Эльдар ШЕНГЕЛАЯ)
Writing credits : Rezo GABRIADZE (Резо ГАБРИАДЗЕ)
 
Cast
Akaki BAKRADZE (Акакий БАКРАДЗЕ) ...Mizana
Vasili CHKHAIDZE (Василий ЧХАИДЗЕ) ...Khristefor
Merab ELIOZISHVILY (Мераб ЭЛИОЗИШВИЛИ) ...Triponi
Abrek PKHALADZE (Абрек ПХАЛАДЗЕ) ...Nosrevani
Ariadna SHENGELAIA (Ариадна ШЕНГЕЛАЯ) ...Margalita
Grigol TKABLADZE (Григол ТКАБЛАДЗЕ) ...Le prêtre
Boris TSIPURIA (Борис ЦИПУРИЯ) ...Khuta
Dato ZHGENTY (Дато ЖГЕНТИ) ...Ertaoz
 
Cinematography : Geno CHIRADZE (Гено ЧИРАДЗЕ)
Production design : Tengiz MIRZASHVILI (Тенгиз МИРЗАШВИЛИ), Revaz MIRZASHVILI (Реваз МИРЗАШВИЛИ)
Music : Djansug KAKHIDZE (Джансуг КАХИДЗЕ), Giya KANCHELY (Гия КАНЧЕЛИ)
Sound : Vladimir DOLIDZE (Владимир ДОЛИДЗЕ)
Companies : Gruzia-film
Release Date in Russia : 1974
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb

Plot synopsis
An ordinary man named Ertaoz falls in love with Margarita, a woman of amazing beauty. But her former lover, a policeman, takes advantage of his power and puts the guy in prison. Here Ertaoz finds himself in the same cell with a self-taught inventor who has built a wonderful air unit that uses the power of love instead of fuel...
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2006
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2006
- Retrospectives : brothers Shengelaya - Mikhail Kobakhidze, Paris (France), 2005