Levan Pilpani

The script is based on Borges's story "The Gospel according to St. Mark".

The director dedicated this lyrical, epic film-confession to the memory of his father who was a doctor. The film’s protagonist, an ambulance doctor, conducts dangerous experiments in search of a vitally important vaccine. His wife believes in his work, though his daughter would not understand him. His son, who is absolutely unlike his father in character, is trying to protect him. But self-denial in the name of science proves too high a price. Just when he is on the verge of discovery, the doctor loses everything he has gathered as a result of his twenty-year-long work. This loss brings him even closer to his son. The shooting of the film continued for seven years (1985-1992), making it a metaphorical culmination of the Soviet cinematography and the Soviet way of life as a whole.

A teenager finds himself against natural disasters. This fight forces him to become adult.

1942, the German Wehrmacht is trying to capture the Baku oilfields at the Black sea. Their biggest obstacle are the Caucasian Mountains and few Russians soldiers to stop them. The story revolves around an important Mountain Pass, that is heavily contested by both sides.

Vazha served his sentence for stealing a cow and returned to the village. Upon his return, he decided to repair the house. His friends promised to help, but then everyone had their own business.

Twelve-year-old Azamat spends his summer vacation in the village. After another prank by his grandson, his grandfather sends him to a high-mountain pasture. There, among the shepherds, the boy initially feels uncomfortable. His peers do not miss the opportunity to laugh at how Azamat herds the flock and cleans the pens. But soon, the boy begins to value the shepherds' attitude toward him and his friendship with a one-horned cow, with whom he often plays soccer.

A group of young people wants to settle in an abandoned village and revive it

Boy’s first encounter with human cruelty occurs as hunters kill and skin a bear. The gruesome scene sparks physical disgust, spiritual anxiety, profound guilt, and growing alienation from the adults.