Art
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never staying still for five minutes. However, he always manages to arrive at the theater just in time to play the drums at the end of the ballet.
A porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and deteriorate over time, sealing the fate of different characters who cross paths in Paris.
The war is over. Once a young sculptor, and now a soldier, he returned home. Married, there were children. In search of work, he was hired to make grave monuments. Time passed... At one time, visiting a cemetery with friends, he saw with different eyes all his work done over the years...
A young worker takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Absalom and Gigla had a fight with Beso and after a long run through the mountains they tried to get away from him in an old Zaporozhets. But Beso didn't let them leave: he lifted the light car by the rear bumper and held it suspended for more than a day.
Georgian and foreign alpinists make an effort to ascend a high mountain. The weather is inclement making their effort extremely perilous. Every step on the snow-covered trail is precarious. Professionalism, firmness and compassion have far more value than the physical ability.
An old sailor is longing for the sea by walking along the beach. One day, he meets a group of young people by the seashore, forgets his age, and jumps into the waves with them.
Lado and Tengiz dream of going to the Batumi Naval Academy, They even take exams, but only Lado manages to pass them. Tengiz continues to dream but lies to his family that he also passed the exams and tries with Lado's help to try again to get into the academy.
Farmer. Labour. Violence. Escape. Freedom. War. In the meantime there still are colour, lake, hut, hearth and hands that cure, but also the evil that destroys color, lake, hut, hearth and hands that cure. The lost generation that has experienced the madness of war is punished for the things it has not committed and forgiven for those committed. Forgiveness, Redemption and Ascent.
