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When Light Behaves Differently Towards Time

Jan 27, 2006 · 1h 45m
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Documentary
Fantasy

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Filmmaker Jan Willem van Dam made a film in Georgia, following the Revolution of the Roses in 2003, on the borderline of fiction and documentary. The film is based on 'the life and dreams' of Nini Sardlishvili, a sixteen-year-old Georgian girl. Nini tells about her life and dreams, speaks with two elderly women about past and future and walks among the ruins of a huge, burnt-out Soviet archive. She plays herself in the film, just like the other protagonist, Domestic Intelligence agent Gocha Ovashvili. He travels across the country in response to a remarkable appeal by a Georgian minister (appearing in a newscast), to ask people if they are criminals. During this futile and absurd quest, he meets mainly aged Georgians, including a shepherd and two monks, and admires the scenery.

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CAST

Nino Sardlishvili
Gocha Ovashvili
Vako Karchkadze
Dodo Chichinadze
Lara Kokaeva
David Khumsishvili
Directed by Jan Willem van Dam

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Original language
NL
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Geen Dank Produkties
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NL
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