Cinema
რეკორდი
Guram Pataraia · 1973
Synopsis
In a village in Mingrelia, a man throws the shot further than anything ever measured, and the affair causes a sensation. A sports commission travels to ratify the record. But the man has only ever managed this throw in a single circumstance: when he is insulted.
Context
The film is drawn from a text by the Czech Karel Čapek, which the authors transposed into Mingrelian life. The screenplay is by Guram Pataraia and Amiran Chichinadze, the cinematography by Irakli Onoprichvili, the music by Giya Kancheli, the sets by Kakhaber Khutsishvili, and Goven Cheishvili plays the lead role, alongside Jumber Jvania and Giorgi Lomaia. It is a short film, which circulated on television more than in cinemas.
Who it is for
A film in Georgian, with no French release. It is important to know that the shot put and the ratification of a record are here village affairs, treated as such.
Prizes and reception
No known awards. Georgian public television reruns it, and it is available online, which is not the case for all the studio's output.