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The film is a political fable that depicts the frail equilibrium of the world and questions the values of international politics. It takes us through a critical and violent year in the life of Georgian state - from the presidential election of January 2008, when everything seemed possible, to the chaos of the August war with Russia and the sobering aftermath – and raises questions about political responsibility and the morality of international affairs. The story is told through its main actors: the Georgian president, the Georgian government, the political opposition, foreign leaders, international delegations and organisations and, most of all, the ordinary Georgian people.

Festivals

Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival, Switzerland, 2010
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany, 2010
ZagrebDOX International Documentary Film Festival, Croatia, 2011

Nino Kirtadzé

Nino Kirtadzé was born in 1968 in Tbilisi. After graduating with a degree in literature she worked as a consultant to the President of the Republic of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze and wrote articles on the war in Chechnya and other armed conflicts in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. She began her acting career by playing the lead role in a Chef in love, a film by Nana Djordjadze which was selected at Cannes in 1996 and nominated for an Oscar. Since 1997 Nino Kirtadzé has lived in France, where she has worked with Peter Brook, Jean-Pierre Ameris, Philippe Monnier, Claude Goretta and Olivier Langlois. 1999 marks her transition to the documentary. Nino Kirtadzé’s films have won international acclaim and numerous prestigious awards at festivals worldwide, including World Cinema Best Director Prize at Sundance for her Durakovo: village of fools (2008).

Selected Filmography

The Three Lives of Eduard Shevardnadze / Les trois vies d'Edouard Chevardnadze (2000)
Tell My Friends that I‘m Dead / Dites à mes amis que je suis mort (2004)
A Dragon in the Pure Waters of Caucasus / Un dragon dans les eaux pures du Caucase (2005)
For Faith, Tsar and Fatherland / Za veru, Caria i otečestvo (2007)