| Uniform Title |
Beginning (Motion picture : 2021) |
| Title |
Beginning. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2022. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (125 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : PAL224. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. |
| Georgian title: Dasatskisi. |
| Credits |
Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili. |
| Performers |
Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Saba Gogichaishvili. |
| Summary |
Mother-of-one Yana is the wife of a Jehovah's Witness leader in a remote mountainside village in Georgia. Ostracised in a predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christian country, their isolated community is under attack from an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, and with her husband away, Yana's inner discontent grows as she struggles to make sense of the world around her. Meanwhile, the intrusion of a local detective in her home has dramatic and devastating consequences... |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 16:9. |
| Language note |
In Georgian. English subtitles. |
| Awards note |
Toronto International Film Festival 2020, FIPRESCI Prize. |
| Subjects |
Mothers -- Drama |
| Jehovah's Witnesses -- Georgia (Republic) Drama |
| Detectives -- Drama |
| Extremists -- Drama |
| Patriarchy -- Drama |
| Social isolation -- Drama |
| Faith and doubt -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Georgia (Republic) |
| Motion pictures, Georgian |
| Foreign language films |
| Georgia (Republic) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Psychological films |
| Domestic drama (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Kulumbegashvili, Dea, 1986- director. |
| Sukhitashvili, Li actor. |
| Oneli, Rati actor. |
| Kintsurashvili, Kakha actor. |
| Series |
Palace Films collection |
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