Rusudan Chkonia
Directing
Biography
Rusudan Chkonia or Rusudan Chqonia or რუსუდან ჭყონია (born 25 April 1978 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director, scriptwriter and actress. Chkonia was born in 1978. In 2001 she graduated in film studies and directed the films Bediani – Lucky Village and Children Without a Name which were both documentaries. She wrote and then produced and directed the 2012 film Keep Smiling.
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10 women, seven of them belonging to the poorest population, are desperately trying to win a beauty contest for mothers who have more than 3 children. The winner will get an apartment and $25000
Keep Smiling
The plot revolves around the residential complex "Venice", which cannot be completed for seven years. Twenty would-be owners gather in one of the apartments to start negotiations with a potential investor who wants to build a restaurant on the first floor of the building, but this space is already owned by the priest. Some of the tenants must donate their own area, so as not to anger God.