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dantheman89

Excellent, if a little uneven.

The first half stood out as particularly amazing. The great cinematography helped to suck you into a world that most western audiences are completely unfamiliar with.
In the second half it falls into a handful of all too familiar tropes but manages to find its groove again by the end. It's a very small-scale intimate movie and I mean that in the best way possible.

Comparisons to "Call me by your name" are inevitable - and I definitely prefer "and then we danced". Here I actually cared about the characters, that live in semi-poverty, struggle, have a goal and have to fight the rigidly conservative structures that try to bog them down. It made me very aware how the guys in "Call me by your name" don't have any actual problems but are just schmuck rich people.

Definitely give this one a go!

4 years 2 months ago

Camille Deadpan

I had no idea this movie is so controversial in Georgia!

From wikipedia:
"Ultra-conservative groups threatened to cancel the screening of the film in Tbilisi and Batumi, Georgia. The head of the Children Protection Public Movement Levan Palavandishvili, plus Levan Vasadze, Dimitri Lortkipanidze, and the leader of ultra-nationalist movement Georgian March Sandro Bregadze, announced they would picket the cinemas to protest against the showing of the film "which is against Georgian and Christian traditions and values, and popularises the sin of sodomy".

The director of the film, Levan Akin, responded to the threats, saying: "It is absurd that people who bought tickets need to be brave and risk getting harassed or even assaulted just for going to see a film. I made this film with love and compassion." The Georgian Orthodox Church disapproved of the film premiere but also stated that the “church distances itself from any violence.”

On 8 November 2019, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia mobilized police troops at the Amirani Cinema and nearby streets and placed special riot police troops near to the Philharmonic Hall. Police officers surrounded the entrance to the Amirani Cinema.Later that day several hundred members of Georgian March attempted to break the police cordon and forcibly enter the Amirani Cinema, but were stopped by the police.Some of the protesters wore masks and used pyrotechnics. Despite the attempts, all screenings of the film took place as planned.

The police detained two persons and accused them of violating Article 173 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia (disobedience of lawful order of a police officer) and Article 166 (hooliganism). One of the leaders of the Republican Party of Georgia, Davit Berdzenishvili, was attacked by the protesters. Civil activist Ana Subeliani was also heavily injured in a clash with protesters and taken to hospital."

11 months 4 weeks ago