Blue Mountains
Directed by Eldar Shengelaia • 1983 • USSR/Georgia
This deft satire of Soviet bureaucracy from one of Georgian cinema’s great poets follows Soso, an aspiring novelist looking to publish his latest manuscript. It soon becomes apparent that the publishing house is staffed by a host of oblivious employees interested in everything but literary merit. As his frustration mounts, the narrative sails seamlessly towards its devastating final image, a darkly comic indictment of a system crumbling before a people’s very eyes.
BLUE MOUNTAINS • ცისფერი მთები ანუ დაუჯერებელი ამბავი
Directed by Eldar Shengelaia
Written by Rezo Cheishvili
Music by Giya Kancheli
Starring: Ramaz Giorgobiani, Sesilia Takaishvili
In Georgian with English subtitles
Screened in Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, 1985
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Blue Mountains
Directed by Eldar Shengelaia • 1983 • USSR/Georgia
This deft satire of Soviet bureaucracy from one of Georgian cinema’s great poets follows Soso, an aspiring novelist looking to publish his latest manuscript. It soon becomes apparent that the publishing house is staffed by a host of oblivious em...
Extras
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Shengelaia at 90: experts discuss the life and times of a Georgian film icon
Klassiki and the Georgian National Film Center present an exclusive roundtable discussion reflecting on the life and times of Eldar Shengelaia, as part of our retrospective celebrating the director’s 90th birthday. Featuring personal recollections of the filmmaker at work, and commentary on his c...
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Eldar Shengelaia in his own words
Eldar Shengelaia speaks exclusively to Klassiki about his distinguished career in film – from working as an assistant to his director father Nikoloz, to his views on the current crop of Georgian filmmakers.
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Laughing with Eldar Shengelaia: a video essay tribute
Watch a video essay tribute marking the 90th anniversary from Pedro Silva, the creator of the YouTube channel Plan-Séquence.
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394 KBNotes on Blue Mountains
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31.6 KBEldar Shengelaia Bibliography
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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė introduces her Klassiki Picks
Klassiki Picks is our new series of curated watchlists personally selected for our subscribers by celebrated filmmakers, writers, and actors. We’re delighted to welcome Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė to the hot seat for the this latest edition. Ingeborga is a Lithuanian actor and television presenter who h...
