Eldar SHENGELAIA
Эльдар ШЕНГЕЛАЯ
Eldar CHENGUELAIA
USSR (Georgia), 1984, 97mn 
Colour, fiction
Blue Mountains, or an Improbable Story
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Голубые горы или неправдоподобная история

 

 Les Montagnes bleues

 Golubye Gory

 
Directed by : Eldar SHENGELAIA (Эльдар ШЕНГЕЛАЯ)
Writing credits : Rezo CHEISHVILY (Резо ЧЕЙШВИЛИ)
 
Cast
Ramaz GIORGOBIANI (Рамаз ГИОРГОБИАНИ)
Vasili KAKHNIASHVILY (Василий КАХНИАШВИЛИ)
Mikhail KOKODZE (Михаил КОКОДЗЕ)
Guram LORDKIPANIDZE (Гурам ЛОРДКИПАНИДЗЕ)
Ivan SAKVARELIDZE (Иван САКВАРЕЛИДЗЕ)
Cecilia TAKAISHVILY (Сесилия ТАКАИШВИЛИ)
 
Cinematography : Levan PAATASHVILI (Леван ПААТАШВИЛИ)
Production design : Boris TSKHAKAYA (Борис ЦХАКАЯ)
Music : Giya KANCHELY (Гия КАНЧЕЛИ)
Production : Gruzia-Film
 

Awards :
Premier prix au Festival de l'Union soviétique, 1984

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Ruscico
Editor : Soundmedia. 2017. Titre : Les Montagnes bleues, ou une histoire invraisembla

Plot synopsis
An eccentric tragicomedy. A writer wrote a story and took it to a publishing house. The summer had passed, the autumn was in full swing… Finally, the writer mustered his courage and went to the publishing house only to find out that no one had read his story yet. Moreover, his work had disappeared, without leaving any trace
Source : www.ruscico.com
 

Commentaries and bibliography
10 great Georgian films, bfi.org.uk, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Georgian films on kinoglaz.fr, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival Bridges. Bozar. East of West films festival, Brussels (Belgium), 2019
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2014
- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2014
- Douarnenez Film Festival, Douarnenez (France), 2009
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2006
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2005
- Retrospectives : brothers Shengelaya - Mikhail Kobakhidze, Paris (France), 2005
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1986
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1985

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