SKHVISI SAKHLI

Date: 26 January 2022 (ended)
Time: 11:00
Category: Film
Section: WILD ROSES: WOMEN FILMMAKERS IN EUROPE. Focus on Georgia
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SKHVISI SAKHLI


(Casa d’altri / House of Others)
Rusudan Glurjidze

Georgia – Russia – Spagna – Croazia / Georgia – Russia – Spain – Croatia
2016, HD, col., 103’
v.o. georgiana – russa / Georgian – Russian o.v.

Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: David Chubinishvili, Rusudan Glurjidze. Fotografia / Photography: Gorka Gómez Andreu. Montaggio / Editing: Gigi Palavandishvili, Levan Koukhashvili. Musica / Music: Dusan Maksimovski, Alexei Vorobiev. Scenografia / Art Director: Grigol Mikeladze. Interpreti / Cast: Salome Demuria, Ia Sukhitashvili, Olga Dikhovichnaya, Zurab Magalashvili, Ekaterine Japharidze, Alexander Khundadze, Branko Đurić. Produzione / Produced by: Cinetech Film Production, Liga Production. Coproduzione / Co-produced by: , Kinoscopik, Embrio Production, Sarke Studio. Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Georgian National Film Centre.

In the early 1990s, a cruel and devastating civil war between Abkhazia and Georgia has immersed the post-Soviet region in a conflict. Those on the winning side look for a fresh start and relocate to the rural countryside, where they are assigned to houses previously occupied by the enemy. Living in a house of others, memories linger within every wall and piece of furniture, a constant reminder of the horrors experienced by owners past. Though they seek peace, it seems unreachable amidst the war that continues to rage within them.
Grand Prix in the “East of the West” section at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2016.

“House of Others is my personal story, my personal pain because 20 years ago I lost my own home and with this home I lost my childhood, my memories, my past and part of my identity … Surely during the war, there were people on both sides who lost possessions and faced similar situations … Both the winners and the defeated were once members of one large family … I am one voice among many in saying that, in my opinion, there are no winners to this war.” (R. Glurjidze)

Rusudan Glurjidze
Film director, Rusudan Glurjidze was born in 1972, in Tbilisi. She gradutated from French Language and Literature at the Tbilisi State University. From 1990 to 1996 she studied Film Directing and Scriptwriting at the Georgian State Film & Theatre Institute. House of Others was her debut feature.

filmografia scelta / selected filmography
1993
Nocturne cm / sf 1996 Oscar mm / ml 2016 Skhvisi sakhli (House of Others); Premi / Awards: Karlovy Vary IFF – Grand Prix “East of the West”; Beijing IFF – Miglior regia, Miglior fotografia / Best Director, Best Cinematography; Eurasia IFF – Grand Prix per il Miglior film / Grand Prix for Best Film