Monanieba

"A masterful, nightmarish political vision from Georgia's foremost modern director!"

May 18 1987 PG 2h 33m
Drama

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

Plot

The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse keeps returning, and the police eventually capture a local woman, who is accused of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest because he was responsible for a Stalin-like reign of terror that led to the disappearance of many of her friends...

Written by

Tengiz Abuladze, Nana Janelidze, Rezo Kveselava

Directed by

Tengiz Abuladze

Cast

Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ia Ninidze

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Sovexportfilm, Georgian-Film

Languages

Deutsch, Italiano

Awards

12 wins & 2 nominations

Trailers
Repentance Trailer 1987
Scores
# of Votes
5,107
Average Rating
8.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA