''Alaverdoba'' ( ka, ალავერდობა, translit. ''alaverdoba'', russian: link=no, Алавердоба) is a 1962

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

drama film directed by

Giorgi Shengelaia Giorgi Shengelaia ( ka, გიორგი შენგელაია; russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Шенгела́я; 11 May 1937 – 17 February 2020) was a Georgian and Soviet film director. He directed 14 films since 196 ...

. The film story set in around

Alaverdi Monastery Alaverdi Monastery ( ka, ალავერდის მონასტერი) is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. While parts of the monastery date back to 6th century, the ...

Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...

. Protagonist Guram goes there in order to see firsthand the ancient Georgian religious feast

Alaverdoba Alaverdoba ( ka, ალავერდობა) is a religious and folk celebration in the eastern Georgian province of Kakheti, with its roots in a harvest festival. It focuses on Alaverdi Cathedral from which it derives its name, with the suf ...

Cast

*Geidar Palavandishvili as Gurami *Kote Daushvili as Lezghin *Irakli Kokrashvili as Salesman *Leo Balisevich as Driver *Nodar Piranishvili as Hairdresser *Kote Toloraia as Qisti

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* 1962 films 1962 drama films Drama films from Georgia (country) Georgian-language films Films directed by Giorgi Shengelaia 1960s avant-garde and experimental films {{Georgia-film-stub