Zinaida Kverenchkhiladze

The film is set in southern Georgia during Ottoman control, where inhabitants, who were driven from their homes due to enemy invasions, try to return home through different means. One of these inhabitants is the young scholar Antimoz.

Tbilisi in the beginning of the 20th century . Emigrants who moved from Tbilisi to Paris for various reasons cannot resist the feeling of nostalgia and decide to return to their homeland by air balloon .

Everyday life of farmers in mountains

There is a small town in Georgia called Sarkineti. The main advantage of this glorious town is that everyone sings here without exception. Among the Sarkinetians, even children are born with a polyphonic song on their lips. Moreover, Sarkinet children sing everything: their repertoire includes songs from all corners of the globe and, they say, even America. Therefore, it is not surprising that every year, on the first Sunday of October, a grand celebration is organized for children - a competition of young talents named after the unsurpassed and unforgettable Sarkinet singer Tseretso Nizharadze...

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.

Soviet Georgian film by Eldar Shengelaia. Based on short story by D. Kldiashvili