Gia Badridze
Writing
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Four sons in the Kirile family - Otar, Nodar, Make and the younger Guram. And all the brothers immediately ask permission to marry. The head of the institute's folk song branch turns to Guram for help in finding rare motives. Guram goes to his native village, where he wants to record songs performed by local elders. At the same time, he wants to marry Nelli, but his parents are against it: it seems to them that he is still too young to marry.
Chari-Rama

Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.
Ashik Kerib

Based on the story "Cossacks" by L. N. Tolstoy. The nobleman Dmitry Olenin, who by the age of twenty-four had squandered half of his fortune, had not completed a course anywhere and had not served anywhere, understands that it is impossible to live like this anymore, not knowing what to direct the strength of youth to - he enters an infantry regiment in the Caucasus as a cadet, hoping to change his life.
Caucasian Story

A sixteen novels about a life of a people in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
Tbilisi and Her Citizens

Dreaming of creating a Czech musical theater, not recognized in his homeland, Josef Navratil, under the pseudonym of Iosif Ratili, one day comes on tour to Georgia.
Ratili

Officer Zhilin, a Caucasus officer, receives a letter from his mother and returns home. He and another Russian officer are attacked by mountaineers, and Zhilin is captured without ransom money.
Caucasian Prisoner

A group of rebel peasants rebels against the Menshevik government. They are led by Parnaoz Morchadze. Their uprising fails. The rebels take refuge in the forest. Parnaoz is eventually brutally murdered. Red Army units enter the city. In the street, comrades mourn Parnaoz, who did not live to see the victory.
Before Dawn

Sophiko, a well-known journalist, seems to be more close to many of her respondents when they need her advice than to her family members. All engrossed in her work, she suddenly finds out that she is losing her husband who has started a love affair with another woman. Of course, it strikes her badly but life never lets her to concentrate on her personal problems.
Some Interviews on Personal Matters

Detective Kostenko is traveling between Moscow and Sukhumi trying to find the responsible for double homicide.
Ogaryova Street, Number 6

The adventures of a teenager who came from the city to the village for his summer vacation.
My Holidays

Dangerous criminals attempt to involve children in their crimes, but law enforcement officers manage to promptly put a stop to their activities.
Who is Fourth?

The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzungars and the victory over the Dzungars (XVIII century).
The Messengers Hurry

The life story of a young man in modern Georgia, covering the โstagnant yearsโ, prison, criminal activity after release, suicide.
Them

Story about one of the leaders of the partisan movement Nestor Kalandarishvili during Russian Civil War in Siberia.
Siberian Grandfather

Alik Lolishvili, who lives in old Tiflis, is a very interesting person, he is fond of all kinds of technical innovations and is a tireless fighter for technological progress. He is introduced by Albert Lolisch and advertises bicycles in the city, and then, together with the daughter of the local city rich man Betty Zandukeli, opens an office for the rental of this new car. At first, residents think that Albert Lolish is a rich and successful French businessman who came to provincial Georgia, as well as Betty's lover, who is fascinated by such a dandy. But the bike business is failing, and residents realize that Albert is a real adventurer.
Bravo, Alber Lolish!

Adults have no time for little Giga. Only a strange stranger, who turns out to be an angel, and his funny dog โโbecome his friends. Together they manage to find the lost angel wings.
Giga, Angel, Snowball and Others

A young man, who avoided military service thanks to his caring parents, is enjoying his student life. Suddenly, his closest friend, who has returned from the army, dies heroically. The young man feels a twinge of conscience and begins to reevaluate his life.
How I Can Live Without You?

A group of Georgian scientists traveling to Poland for a scientific symposium are housed in an old fortress . A middle-aged man , a descendant of Polish nobles , falls in love with one of the members of the group . Love turns the previously modest , inconspicuous scientist into a charming woman . After returning from a business trip, his lover soon visits him in his homeland .
Bittersweet Longing...

A comedic novella about an elderly woman named Dudukhani. A wise and exceptionally kind person, she has preserved the youthfulness of her spirit, but no one, except for her nephew Nikusha, is able to appreciate her inner qualities.
My Aunt Dudu

Major Zaza is investigating a routine criminal case: murder for the purpose of robbery. However, his adversary is cunning and ruthless, a dangerous and cynical repeat offender nicknamed โThe Intellectual.โ Exposing this cunning criminal is proving difficult.