Repentance

Repentance

1987 · 153 min · KA · 7.2 (48 votes)
Dir. Tengiz Abuladze · Starring Avtandil Makharadze, Iya Ninidze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ketevan Abuladze, Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani, Kakhi Kavsadze

A masterful, nightmarish political vision from Russia's foremost modern director!

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The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

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A darkly comedic, absurdist journey through grief and political satire. It feels like a waking nightmare, where the absurdities of power and personal loss collide in a uniquely unsettling, yet darkly funny, way.

darkly comedicabsurdistsatiricalunsettlingsteadySoviet-era satireblack comedyarthousegriefauthoritarianismrevengememory
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