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Mood:
- DisturbingSuspensefulBleakContemplativeGloomyThought Provoking
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Plot:
- Tragic HeroFighting the SystemPoliticsUncover TruthChaos and MayhemHaunted By the PastMurderPolitical Unrest more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignThriller
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Place:
- RussiaSmall Town
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Praise:
- Cannes Festival Winner
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Humor:
- Satire
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Style:
- Surreal
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Repentance, 1984
Georgian
Georgia, Soviet Union
Profile of Repentance
Repentance can be described as disturbing, suspenseful, and thought provoking. The plot revolves around a tragic hero, social decay, and chaos and mayhem. Its comic aspect comes from satire. Repentance's main genres are drama, foreign, and thriller. In terms of style, it is surreal. In approach, it is serious and realistic. Repentance is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is located in Russia. Repentance has received attention for being a Cannes festival winner.
Summary of Repentance
In a surreal, fictional Russian province, a mysterious woman is arrested for repeatedly digging up the body of a despotic local ruler. The ghastly revelations at the resulting trial turn this film into a searing allegory of the brutal repressions, and heroic sacrifices, of the country's Stalinist era.
Details
| Language: | Georgian |
| Country: | Georgia, Soviet Union |
| Release date: | 4 December 1987 |
| Runtime: | 153 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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Cast and Crew
as Varlam Aravidze / Abel Aravidze
as Ketevan Barateli
