Directed by Otar Iosseliani • 1961 • USSR/Georgia

Iosseliani’s debut follows a young couple’s search for the perfect place to share a kiss. They soon find themselves a small, sparse flat whose kitchen taps, lights and cooker flare up in appreciation of their love, though trouble soon arrives in the form of a mystery man bearing unnecessary furniture and ornaments. As the lovers’ home becomes more and more cluttered, they seem to drift further and further from each other.

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Written and directed by Otar Iosseliani
Starring: Akaki Chikvaidze, Gia Chiraqadze, Tatyana Chanturia

Silent with Georgian intertitles and English subtitles