''Day Is Longer Than Night'' ( ka, დღეს ღამე უთენებია) is a 1984 Georgian

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-g ...

directed by

Lana Gogoberidze Lana Gogoberidze ( ka, ლანა ღოღობერიძე) (born October 13, 1928, Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director and politician. Educated at Tbilisi State University and Moscow State University of Cinematography, Gogoberidze heade ...

. It was entered into the

1984 Cannes Film Festival The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Paris, Texas'' by Wim Wenders. The festival opened with ''Fort Saganne'', directed by Alain Corneau and closed with '' The Bounty'', directed by Roger D ...

Plot

The film tells the story of a woman's difficult fate. For eighty years Eva spent her life in a

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 ...

mountain village. There she married Georgiy the shepherd, who soon died, possibly murdered. After this she married Spyridon out of compassion for his lonesome, gloomy lost soul. In her native village Eva lived through the

revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

and

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, the NEP and the

collectivization Collective farming and communal farming are various types of, "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise". There are two broad types of communal farms: agricultural cooperatives, in which member ...

. And now Eva lives in a deserted village. Most of the villagers move to the city where living is simpler and easier and life is always seething. And even the mother of Eva's beloved grandson who has come from the city, wants to take him away with her. But the boy remains with his grandmother who believes that the village where their ancestors lived will be reborn.

Cast

* Daredjan Kharshiladze as young Eva * Tamara Skhirtladze as old Eva * Guram Pirtskhalava as Spyridon, Eva's husband * Irakli Khizanishvili as Archil, professional revolutionary * Guram Palavandishvili as Georgiy the shepherd, Eva's husband *

Leo Pilpani Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts an ...

as Eva's father *

Akaki Khidasheli Akaki ( Oromo: ''Aqaaqii'') is a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, Akaki is bordered on the southwest by the Southwest Shewa Zone, on the west by Sebeta Hawas, on the northwest by Addis Aba ...

as Mnate * Guranda Gabunia as Daredzhan, Spyridon's daughter * Sofiko Arsenishvili as Daredzhan in childhood * Nika Khazaradze as Georgiy, Daredzhan's young son * Grigol Talakvadze as Mito, fellow villager * Natia Gogochuri as "puritan", prostitute

References

External links

* 1984 films Georgian-language films 1984 drama films Films directed by Lana Gogoberidze Soviet-era films from Georgia (country) Drama films from Georgia (country) {{1980s-drama-film-stub