BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY

შაშვი შაშვი მაყვალი / 2023 / Switzerland, Georgia / 110 min

“FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury’s Prize for Best International Film 2023“
“Emeric Pressburger Prize, the Festival’s Main Prize 2023“
“CICAE (International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas) Jury Prize 2023“

Etero is an independent woman approaching her fifties, who runs her own shop in a remote village. Her married girlfriends, for whom family is everything, regard her with an air of superiority; Etero, however, cherishes her freedom above all else. One day she is out picking blackberries and has an accident which almost kills her, yet this near-death experience awakens in her a desire she has never felt before. This romantic drama, whose artistic sensibility draws on the strong tradition of Georgian cinema, reveals uncommon lightness and humorous detachment as it touches upon the resonating themes of emancipation and the right to resist social norms. Eka Chavleishvili in the role of the earthy Etero, who discovers the magic of poetry, romantic love and her own sensual joy, enchanted audiences at Cannes this year.

Director:
Elene NAVERIANI

Filmography:
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry,(2023) Wet Sand, (2021) Red Ants Bite, (2019) Lantsky Papa’s Stolen Ox, (2018) I am truly a Drop of Sun on Earth, (2017) Gospel of Anasyrma, (2014)

Producer:
Thomas REICHLIN, Britta RINDELAUB, Ketie DANELIA

Screenwriter:
Nikoloz MDIVANI, Elene NAVERIANI

Cinematographer:
Agnesh PAKOZDI

Film editor:
Aurora Franco VÖGELI

Cast:
Eka CHAVLEISHVILI, Temiko CHNINCHINADZE

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