The detective will have to figure out the mysterious death of an English secret agent who came to Tbilisi to sell important secret information.
Cinematography
Tbilisi's crumbling architecture becomes a character in decay.
Acting
Burghart Klaußner's mediator—charming, unreadable, utterly magnetic.
Direction
Tsintsadze builds dread through what he refuses to explain.

Director
Dito Tsintsadze
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 2007 Georgia, the film captures a nation between Soviet collapse and uncertain future—every frame breathes that limbo.
Tsintsadze cast himself as killer after the original actor dropped out; he rewrote the role overnight, making it more personally brutal.