Blue Mountains

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
  • Blue Mountains
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    Blue Mountains

    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...

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    Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė introduces her Klassiki Picks

    Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė introduces her Klassiki Picks

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  • Shengelaia at 90: experts discuss the life and times of a Georgian film icon
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    Shengelaia at 90: experts discuss the life and times of a Georgian film icon

    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...

  • Eldar Shengelaia in his own words
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    Eldar Shengelaia in his own words

    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.

  • Laughing with Eldar Shengelaia: a video essay tribute
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    Laughing with Eldar Shengelaia: a video essay tribute

    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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