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The Waltz on the Petschora(1992)
Status: Released
Date: 1992-02-04
25%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
A film like a lament, without emphasis, painful and moving, a signal from the East that has not yet submitted to the political and aesthetic will of the West
Overview:
Set in 1937 Stalinist Georgia, the film traces the parallel destinies of a mother, condemned by the government as "an enemy of the people" and exiled to a work camp in Siberia, and her daughter, who meanwhile is sent to an orphanage. Arriving at the overcrowded work camp, the mother and other women who are not considered strong enough to be labourers, must journey still farther, crossing the icy Siberian landscape in search of food and shelter. At the same time, the daughter escapes the orphanage and returns to her former home, where she finds that a KGB officer has taken up residence. He protects her and an uneasy rapport between them develops—one of abhorrence and attraction, need and suspicion.
Languages: Georgian.
Countries:
Georgia
ProductionCompanies: 
Lileo Arts
Movie: The Waltz on the Petschora
Top 9 Billed Cast
გურამ ფირცხალავა
Marika Chichinadze
Ирина Купченко
Валентина Теличкина
Glasha
გურანდა გაბუნია
Mariam
დარეჯან ხარშილაძე
Darejan
ნინელი ჭანკვეტაძე
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Overview
Set in 1937 Stalinist Georgia, the film traces the parallel destinies of a mother, condemned by the government as "an enemy of the people" and exiled to a work camp in Siberia, and her daughter, who meanwhile is sent to an orphanage. Arriving at the overcrowded work camp, the mother and other women who are not considered strong enough to be labourers, must journey still farther, crossing the icy Siberian landscape in search of food and shelter. At the same time, the daughter escapes the orphanage and returns to her former home, where she finds that a KGB officer has taken up residence. He protects her and an uneasy rapport between them develops—one of abhorrence and attraction, need and suspicion.
Release Date
1992-02-04
Average
2.5
Rating:
1.3 startsTagline
A film like a lament, without emphasis, painful and moving, a signal from the East that has not yet submitted to the political and aesthetic will of the West
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