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Blue Mountains (1983 Film)
''Blue Mountains'' ( ka, ცისფერი მთები ანუ დაუჯერებელი ამბავი, tr) is a 1983 Georgian comedy-drama directed by Eldar Shengelaia. The film is about a passive young man Soso ( Ramaz Giorgobiani), an author, entering the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn. The film was selected for screening as part of the section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Novelist Soso (Ramaz Giorgobiani) goes to his publishing house in an attempt to find someone interested in publishing his latest manuscript. The employees shuffle the author's manuscript around their office from person to person, but everyone seems to be too busy to actually read it. Soso ultimately discovers that the employees are wrapped up in anything but their direct duties and responsibilities so much that not even a giant structural flaw in the building can get their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldar Shengelaia
Eldar Shengelaia ( ka, ელდარ შენგელაია; russian: Эльда́р Никола́евич Шенгела́я; born 26 January 1933) is a Georgian and Soviet film director and screenwriter who directed ten films between 1957 and 1996. From 1990 to 2004, he was a member of the Parliament of Georgia. He has been awarded the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia (1979) and of the Soviet Union (1988). He has been a chairman of the Film-makers' Union of Georgia since 1976. Since 2008, he has been chairman of the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia. Cinema career Eldar Shengelia was born in Tbilisi, the capital of then-Soviet Georgia into the family of the film director Nikoloz Shengelaia and actress Nato Vachnadze. His brother, Giorgi Shengelaia is also a film director."Shengelaia, Eldar", in: Sleeman, Elizabeth (2004), ''The International Who's Who 2004'', p. 1537. Taylor & Francis Group, Europa Publications, He graduated from the All-U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |