''The Wishing Tree'' ( ka, ნატვრის ხე, , russian: Древо желания, drevo zhelania) is a 1976

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 ...

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 by

Tengiz Abuladze Tengiz Abuladze ( ka, თენგიზ აბულაძე; 31 January 1924 – 6 March 1994) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter, theatre teacher and People's Artist of the USSR. He is regarded as one of the best Soviet directors. ...

. It won the Lenin Prize, the

All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and he ...

main prize and other prizes. The film is based on

Giorgi Leonidze Giorgi Leonidze ( ka, გიორგი ლეონიძე) (27 December 1899 – 9 August 1966) was a Georgian poet, prose writer, and literary scholar. Biography Leonidze was born in the village of Patardzeuli in the eastern Georgian p ...

's short stories. The textures of folk legend and striking visual allegory permeate ''The Wishing Tree'', an episodic pastorale set in a pre-revolutionary

village and spanning four seasons in the lives of various village characters. Some twenty-two stories are woven into the narrative, which centers on a beautiful young woman who is forced to marry a man she does not love; her unsanctioned love for another leads her to ritual disgrace and sacrifice.

Cast

Music

The film score is composed by

composers Bidzina Kvernadze and Iakob Bobokhidze.

Awards

The film won several film festival prizes.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wishing Tree (Film) 1976 films 1977 drama films 1977 films Soviet drama films Georgian-language films Kartuli Pilmi films Films directed by Tengiz Abuladze Soviet-era films from Georgia (country) Drama films from Georgia (country) 1976 drama films