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Levan Koguashvili Brings ’90s Georgia to Venice With Comedic Drama ‘Guria’
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Director Levan Koguashvili's black-and-white tragicomedy "Guria" is scheduled to have its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival's Spotlight section. The film is set in the 1990s in the western Georgian region of Guria and follows a 45-year-old widower and farmer as he navigates the challenges of seeking romance and selling hazelnuts.
WHY IT MATTERS
The film's international debut at Venice highlights contemporary Georgian cinema on a global stage through an international co-production involving Georgia, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
Levan Koguashvili’s “Guria” will world premiere in Venice’s Spotlight section on Sept. 9. The black-and-white tragicomedy, set in the western Georgian Guria region, follows Zuriko, a 45-year-old widower and farmer as he struggles to find love, as well as a fair price on hazelnuts. “Guria” is a co-production between Georgia’s Kino Iberica, Switzerland’s Cineworx, Luxembourg’s […]
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