Somebody Else's Children

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Tengiz ABULADZE

Тенгиз АБУЛАДЗЕ

Tenguiz ABOULADZE

Russia / Georgia, 1958, 80 mn

Black and white, fiction

Somebody Else's Children

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Чужие дети

Les Enfants d'une autre

Chuzhie deti

Somebody Else's Children

Other titles : Skhvisi shvilebi / Someone Else's Children / Stepchildren

Directed by : Tengiz ABULADZE (Тенгиз АБУЛАДЗЕ)

Writing credits : Tengiz ABULADZE (Тенгиз АБУЛАДЗЕ), Revaz DZHAPARIDZE (Реваз ДЖАПАРИДЗЕ)

Cast

Roland BOROSHVILI (Роланд БОРОШВИЛИ) ...Gia

Nani CHIKVINIDZE (Нани ЧИКВИНИДЗЕ) ...Lia

A. KANDAURISHVILI (А. КАНДАУРИШВИЛИ) ...Teo

Otar KOBERIDZE (Отар КОБЕРИДЗЕ) ...Dato

Cecile TAKAISHVILY (Сесиль ТАКАЙШВИЛИ) ...Elisabedi

Tsitsino TSITSISHVILI (Цицино ЦИЦИШВИЛИ) ...Nato

Cinematography : Levan PAATASHVILI (Леван ПААТАШВИЛИ)

Production design : Givi GIGAURI (Гиви ГИГАУРИ), Kakhi KHUTSISHVILI (Кахи ХУЦИШВИЛИ)

Music : Arсhil KERESELIDZE (Арчил КЕРЕСЕЛИДЗЕ)

Sound : Raphael KEZELY (Рафаэль КЕЗЕЛИ)

Production : Grouzia-Film (Грузия-фильм)

Language : géorgien

Awards :
1960 Prix du meilleur film au Festival de Londres

Plot synopsis

In this Soviet drama, a widowed train engineer begins looking for a wife to help him raise his kids. He proposes to his girl friend, but she is not interested in caring for the children of another woman. Fortunately his persistence pays off and he finds a suitable wife and mother. Unfortunately, father turns out to be a selfish cad and when the old girl friend suddenly shows up again, he leaves his family without a backward glance. The angry wife also decides to leave, but just as she prepares to board the train, she sees the children running after her and decides to stay.
Source www.allmovie.com

Selected in the following festivals :

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007

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