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1984 (Soviet Union) more
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Plot:
The day after the fumeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Avtandil Makharadze ... Varlam Aravidze / Abel Aravidze
Ya Ninidze ... Guliko
Zeinab Botsvadze ... Ketevan Barateli
Ketevan Abuladze ... Nino Barateli
Edisher Giorgobiani ... Sandro Barateli
Kakhi Kavsadze ... Mikheil Koresheli
Merab Ninidze ... Tornike
Nino Zaqariadze ... Elene Korisheli
Nano Ochigava ... Ketevan as a child
Boris Tsipuria
Akaki Khidasheli
Leo Antadze (as Levan Antadze)
Rezo Esadze
Mzia Makhviladze (as M. Makhazadze)
Amiran Amiranashvili
Dato Kemkhadze ... Abel as a child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Veriko Andjaparidze
R. Baramidze
Amiran Buadze
Dato Dvalishvili (as David Dvalishvili)
Ioseb Gogichaishvili
G. Gogoberidze
N. Javakhishvili (as N. Zhavakishvili)
Mikheil Jojua (as M. Zhozhua)
Marina Kakhiani (as M. Kakhyani)
Lia Kapanadze
Zurab Kavtaradze
Beso Khidasheli
Kh. Khouba
Rusudan Kiknadze
T. Koshkadze
Kote Makharadze (as K. Makhazadze)
Paliko Nozadze (as P. Nozadze)
G. Otarashvili
Dato Papuashvili
Tristan Saralidze
M. Shembeli
Shota Skhirtladze
T. Tavaryani
Tamari Tsitsishvili
Yuri Vasadze
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Directed by
Tengiz Abuladze 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Tengiz Abuladze  writer
Nana Dzhanelidze  writer
Rezo Kveselava  writer

Original Music by
Nana Dzhanelidze 
 
Cinematography by
Mikhail Agranovich 
 
Film Editing by
Guliko Omadze 
 
Production Design by
Giorgi Miqeladze 
 
Set Decoration by
Navruz Abdul-ogli 
 
Makeup Department
Guram Barnabishvili .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Leomer Gugushvili .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ts. Jervalidze .... assistant director
P. Milorava .... assistant director
L. Tsipuriya .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Dimitri Gedevanishvili .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Giorgi Gersamia .... camera operator
Guram Sadzaglishvili .... camera operator
Valeri Shaveri .... camera operator
Solomon Shenzelia .... camera operator
 
Other crew
Nana Dzhanelidze .... associate director
Suliko Gabisonia .... associate director
Neli Kutateladze .... associate director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Покаяние (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Pokayanie (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Repentance (USA)
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153 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Tengiz Abuladze stated that the idea to this film was based on a real incident (a local dignitary's corpse being exhumed and placed at the family's porch in the western Georgian region of Mingrelia). more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Varlam's corpse has been reburied the second time, an iron cage is placed over his grave to protect it from further intrusion. But as the perpetrator starts to exhume him for the third time, there is no cage. more

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Cinema at its best, 9 April 1999
10/10
Author: grendel-28 from Mad City, WI

A very philosophical movie with easily traceable references to Stalin and Beria but still a general study in tyranny and victimization, beautifully filmed and masterly acted.

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