

A 77-minute gut-punch about choosing sides when your blood is on both.
Civil War in the 1990s. Society is divided into two opposing parts. The protagonist has relatives and friends on both sides, he is torn by this predicament.
Direction
Tsintsadze's suffocating close-ups trap you in the protagonist's impossible position.
Writing
No heroes, no villains—just humans pulverized by history.
Acting
Nakashidze's silent agony speaks louder than any dialogue.

Director
Dito Tsintsadze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Georgia's own post-Soviet collapse, the film channels real national trauma—it's essentially autobiographical anxiety projected onto fiction.
Tsintsadze shot this debut feature with essentially no budget, using actual locations near active conflict zones; some 'extras' were genuine refugees.