Short film
ქორწილი
Mikheil Kobakhidze · 1964
Synopsis
A young man keeps running into the same young girl, a violin in her hand, and decides to marry her. Without a word spoken, between the street in Tbilisi and what he imagines, he sets about seeing the wedding through to the end: he pictures the ceremony, the guests, the car and the procession, but what he imagines and what happens bear little resemblance.
Context
A graduation film from film school, shot without a word and without an intertitle, the music standing in for commentary, on the tune of Les Deux Guitares. It is the only film of this period that the Soviet authorities spared: the one its author had first presented to his jury, under the title 8½, was judged anti-Soviet and destroyed before it had even been sent to Moscow. Critics compare his manner to Chaplin and Keaton, and his career to that of Albert Lamorisse, with whom he shares the short format and the taste for objects that come to life in front of the camera.
Who it is for
Twenty-one minutes, in black and white, without a word spoken: it can be understood without translation. It is worth knowing that it can only be seen in a cinema or at a retrospective.
Prizes and reception
Three prizes at the Oberhausen short film festival, including the festival's grand prize, and a popular success in Georgia.