Directed by Tengiz Abuladze • 1968 • USSR/Georgia

Based on the works of the Georgian poet Vazha-Pshavela, this influential classic follows a Christian soldier in the Caucasus at the turn of the twentieth century. When he refuses to cut off his enemy’s hand, he is ostracised by his fellow villagers and sent into exile. Wandering through the wilderness in what seems like a dream, he arrives in a Muslim village, where he is sent to the top of a mountain to freeze to death.

THE PLEA • ვედრება
Directed by Tengiz Abuladze
Written by Tengiz Abuladze, Revaz Kveselava, Anzor Saluqvadze
Cinematography by Aleksandr Antipenko
Music by Nodar Gabunia
Starring: Spartak Bagashvili, Rusudan Kiknadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze

In Georgian with English subtitles