Mimino

Mar 27 1978 PG 1h 35m
Comedy, Drama

Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.

Plot

Pilot Mimino works at small local airlines in Telavi, Georgia, flying helicopters between small villages. He dreams of piloting large planes for major international airlines, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Rubik from Dilijan, Armenia who is given a place in that hotel by mistake. Together they have many adventures in Moscow. However, both are homesick and long for their family, friends, and hometowns in the Caucasus.

Written by

Revaz Gabriadze, Viktoriya Tokareva, Georgiy Daneliya

Directed by

Georgiy Daneliya

Cast

Vakhtang Kikabidze, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Elena Proklova

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm, Georgian-Film

Languages

English

Awards

1 win total

Trailers
Mimino / ?????? (English Trailer)
Scores
# of Votes
7,282
Average Rating
8.1 out of 10
Metascore
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