Cert 15
April 10th 2025
Winner – Heart of Sarajevo Award, Best Film and Best Actress, Sarajevo Film Festival 2023
Winner – Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Swiss Film Prize 2024
Winner – Best Actress and Actor, Gijon International Film Festival 2023
Nominee – SACD Award, Directors Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2023
Director : Elene Naveriani
Cast: Eka Chavleishvili, Temiko Chichinadze, Lia Abuladze
Country: Georgia Georgian (English subtitles) 110 mins
UK release date: May 2024
A film about a late bloomer stumbling into a new life. Etero, a 48-year-old woman living in a small village in Georgia, has chosen to remain unmarried. She cherishes her freedom, as much as her cakes. Her choice to live alone is often the cause of gossip among her fellow villagers. Unexpectedly, she finds herself falling into a passion with a man and is suddenly faced with the decision of whether to pursue the traditional route of coupling or control to pursue a life of independence.
“A film which tells us what most films contrive to ignore: love and sex is not just for the lovely and the sexy and the young. A marvellously tender story of loneliness and love which starts with a bigger bang than most thrillers.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Chavleishvili is terrific, delivering a performance that carries the picture and sets its tone. Her Etero displays a combination of severity and sensuality that should be incongruous but works beautifully. The character is mirrored by the film’s Kaurismäkiesque colour palette, which seems gloomy at first glance but is revealed to be rich, full-blooded and strikingly handsome..” Wendy Ide, The Observer
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