''Hostages'' is a 2017
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed and written by
Rezo Gigineishvili and co-written by
Lasha Bugadze. It was screened in the Panorama section at the
67th Berlin International Film Festival
The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as President of the Jury. '' Django'', directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to the ...
.
The film is based on true story and tells about group of Georgian youngster who try to escape the Soviet Union by hijacking a
plane in 1983.
Plot
During the early 80's in the
Soviet Georgia
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
, just a few years before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of young people from respected Georgian families were looking to escape the Soviet Union.
The Beatles
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's music, jeans, American cigarettes, position in society, guaranteed future. They seemed to have everything except one thing — freedom. Unfortunately, The price of their freedom was their own demise. A true story based on the events of 1983, when six guys and one girl tried to hijack a plane in order to escape from the USSR.
Cast
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Merab Ninidze
Merab Ninidze ( ka, მერაბ ნინიძე; born 3 November 1965) is a Georgian actor. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for the roles of Walter Redlich in ''Nowhere in Africa'' and Oleg Penkovsky in '' The Courier''.
...
(Levan)
*Darejan Kharshiladze (Nino)
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Tinatin Dalakishvili
Tinatin (Tina) Dalakishvili ( ka, თინათინ (თინა) დალაქიშვილი, born 2 February 1991, Tbilisi) is a Georgian actress and model.
Early life and education
Born on February 2, 1991, in Tbilisi, her name is ...
(Anna)
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Avtandil Makharadze
Avtandil Ivanovich Makharadze ( ka, ავთანდილ მახარაძე; born 16 July 1943) is a Georgian actor.
He was born in Batumi. Active since the 1970s. Avtandil Makharadze started his acting career as a student at Shota Ru ...
(Shota, Sandro's father)
*Irakli Kvirikadze (Nika)
*Giga Datiashvili (Koka)
*Giorgi Grdzelidze (Sandro)
*George Tabidze (Oto)
*Giorgi Khurtsilava (Lasha)
*Vakhtang Chachanidze (Irakli)
*Ekaterine Kalatozishvili (Tamuna)
Production
The film is a Georgian-Russian co-production and the producing companies are: NEBO film Russia; 20 Steps Productions -Georgia). The film's script has won a co-production competition which was held by the Georgian National Film Center.
London-based sales agent WestEnd Films has acquired world rights to Rezo Gigineishvili's drama film, after its premiere in the Panorama strand of the
2017 Berlin Film Festival.
Reception
''Hostages'' has an approval rating of 90% on
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10.
[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hostages_2017]
References
External links
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2017 films
2017 drama films
2010s Russian-language films
Russian multilingual films
2010s Georgian-language films
Drama films from Georgia (country)
Multilingual films from Georgia (country)
2017 multilingual films
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