Lucky Village

Three road workers apply road markings. Exhausted by the excruciating heat, Gigla pretends to be sick by putting a randomly found street thermometer in his bosom.

Having found three rubles on the road near a change house, road masters Abessalom, Beso and Gigla decided to go to the city.

The hero of the film, a student of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, is faced with a creative search and the choice of his own path in art. Daily contact with the villagers, access to their spiritual world pushes him to abandon the academy and return to his native village. The second hero of the film – a craftsman, a father of a large family, unlike the artist, is confident in himself, stands firmly on the ground and with his optimism returns spiritual balance to his friend, instills in him the belief that he has chosen the right profession and found his purpose.

The first Anglo-Georgian co-production. Documentary-drama that tries to re-trace the footsteps of Marjory and Oliver Wardrop, who went to Georgia at the end of the 19th century, fell in love with the country, and set about learning its people and culture. Earliest known film role of Ralph Fiennes.

Documentary short about crisis in Soviet service and economy system.