Nana DZHORDZHADZE
Нана ДЖОРДЖАДЗЕ
Nana DJORDJADZE
USSR (Georgia), 1987, 76mn 
Colour, fiction
Robinsonade, or My English Grandfather
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Робинзонада или мой английский дедушка

 

 Robinsonnade ou mon grand-père anglais

 Robinzonada, ili moy angliski dedushka

 
Directed by : Nana DZHORDZHADZE (Нана ДЖОРДЖАДЗЕ)
Writing credits : Irakli KVIRIKADZE (Ираклий КВИРИКАДЗЕ)
 
Cast
Ninel CHANKVETADZE (Нинель ЧАНКВЕТАДЗЕ)
Darejan KHARSHILADZE (Дареджан ХАРШИЛАДЗЕ)
Zhenri LOLASHVILY (Жанри ЛОЛАШВИЛИ)
Guram PIRTSKHALAVA (Гурам ПИРЦХАЛАВА)
 
Cinematography : Levan PAATASHVILI (Леван ПААТАШВИЛИ)
Production design : Vakhtang RURUA (Вахтанг РУРУА)
Sound : Guram SHUBLADZE (Гурам ШУБЛАДЗЕ)
Production : Grouzia-Film
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb

Awards :
Caméra d'or (Best Debut) Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1987
Prix du jury au Festival de Tokio, 1988

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Ruscico. 2010.
Languages : RU KA
Subtitles : RU EN FR

Plot synopsis
The film tells a strange story, in flashback, about a British Telegraph Company’s engineer named Hughes appearing in a distant Guria village. Falling in love with the beautiful Anna, the Englishman became the enemy of her brother, Bolshevik Nestor. Both Hughes and Nestor were shot dead by Lavrenty Mgeladze, who had once had everything, but later was dispossessed and driven out of the village. The old Anna told that story to a young composer who recorded the music: “My dear homeland, why are you weeping?…”
Source : ruscico.com
 

Commentaries and bibliography
 
Reviews from Russian viewers

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Russian or Soviet films awarded at Berlin, Cannes or Venice, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1988
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1987

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