Zaza Salia

Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.

A young Georgian man named Lado is involved in smuggling antique furniture from Georgia to Russia. Medea, Lado’s girlfriend, buys herself an apartment in St. Peterburg’s historic center. At the time of the unlawful deportation of thousands of Georgians from Russia, Lado is caught and deported.

Beso is 14 years old kid from remote village of Georgia, he is growing up in a family of disabled father, mother who is family bread maker, a homosexual brother who gives private dance lessons to make money. Beso and his friend Beka spend their time like most kids. Beso writes rap and records himself on a tape recorder, he sees his rapping as a way out from his harsh life.

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.

As a young couple, Nika and Salome's everyday life changes due to gravitation. Nika becomes a murderer, Salome converts to a religious sect, awaiting the end of the world. Nika's behaviour is infantile, he runs around a playground holding his newborn son Kartlos like a steering wheel, imitating the sound of an engine. Nika immediately befriends strangers; for him social barriers are non-existent. He asks questions just for the sake of conversing. Unable to follow orders, he acts his own way. Salome is childlike as well, everything unfamiliar brings her both interest and fear. Like a child, she has many stimuli and doesn't limit her endeavours. She often repeats words for pleasure and talks to herself. Nika and Salome are united by a sense of loss. Salome was orphaned by losing her parents in a car crash, Nika's father is deceased as well. Their need to be safe remains unsatisfied. Exposed people seek a strong father figure, be it Stalin, Christ or aliens.