The Dog

Everyday life of farmers in mountains

Bata, orphaned by her mother, has gone through a long way of life, and witnessed a lot - the fall of feudalism, revolution, and changing times. He got married and raised nine children, but his love for the girl from his village followed him until the end of his life.

The wife advises her husband, who is exhausted by the whole day's work to mix water in the wine to sell in the market, but for her husband it is a matter of conscience.

During WWII, one of the villages in Guria is once revived by the noise of gypsies camped nearby.

The friends decide to marry the young veterinarian, Bachuta, and make a list of possible brides, but Bachuta is already in love with Taliko, who works with him on the farm.

Dato’s friends learn that his lover Tamriko is getting married to another man. They decide to get Tamriko and Dato closer to each other. They ask Tamriko a nurse, to go with them in the ambulance outside the city. Tamriko learns that she is kidnapped and demands that she is brought back home. However, Tamriko gets to like the company of her "kidnappers" and stays.

In the pre-war years in Sukhumi, Chik lived in the family of his aunt - a playful, but smart and kind boy. His days are filled with chores, studies, walks with friends, and, sometimes, skirmishes with the guys in the neighboring yard. From the attentive gaze of the boy, adult problems do not hide. Sensitive Chick suffers involuntarily when he sees injustice and cruelty.

After graduating from an agricultural college, Bachua returns to his village, where he is appointed a collective farm foreman. On his way back from the collective farm, Bachua stops by the house where Natia, a girl he once knew in school, lives. Natia is physically weak and ill, and she has withdrawn from society. Bachua brings love and joy into her life. Gradually, Natia regains her strength and overcomes her illness.

In the pre-war years in Sukhumi, Chik lived in the family of his aunt - a playful, but smart and kind boy. His days are filled with chores, studies, walks with friends, and, sometimes, skirmishes with the guys in the neighboring yard. From the attentive gaze of the boy, adult problems do not hide. Sensitive Chick suffers involuntarily when he sees injustice and cruelty.