The other bank
Georgia
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2009
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Color
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90 min
Tedo, a twelve-year-old boy, and his young mother, Keto, live in a modest shelter near Tbilisi. Both have been displaced from Abkhazia due to a civil war that has taken everything from them, including the hope of future happiness within an intact family. Tedo was only four years old when they fled Abkhazia, leaving behind the head of the family, who suffered from a heart condition that prevented him from enduring the arduous journey. Although several years have passed, the young boy is unable to adapt to his new surroundings and blames himself for not being able to contribute financially. Fed up with his mother's way of life, he decides to return home after making a deeply disturbing discovery. However, upon returning home, he finds that the circumstances are no better than those he left behind.
Technical Details
Direction:
George Oshavili
Cinematography:
Shahriar Assadi
Music:
Josef Bardanashvili
Language:
Georgian, Abkhazian, and Russian
Production:
Sain Gabdullin, George Ovashvili
Sound:
Vladimir Golovnitski, Nezamedin Kiaie
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Nugzar Shataidze
Editing:
Sun-Min Kim
Cast:
Tedo Bekhauri (Tedo), Galoba Gambaria (Tsupak), Nika Alajajev (Goshka),
Tamara Meskhi (Mariam), Jano Izoria (Jangul), Lia Abuladze (Zita)
Director
George Oshavili
Born in Mtskheta, Georgia, in 1963. In 1996, he graduated from the Georgia State University of Theatre and Film, and from the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in 2006. An actor and director of children's plays, Ovashvili has also worked as an advertising director. He has directed numerous short films, notably Eye Level, for which he received an award in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2005. The Other Bank is his first feature film.
