Abuladze's tenth film is a magically sustained fantasia about life in a Georgian village on the eve of the revolution, poetry rather than narrative thrust carrying it from one incident to another.
The film is based on Giorgi Leonidze's short stories. The textures of folk legend and striking visual allegory permeate "The Wishing Tree", an episodic pastorale set in a pre-revolutionary Georgian village and spanning four seasons in the lives of various village characters. Some twenty-two stories are woven into the narrative, which centers on a beautiful young woman who is forced to marry a man she does not love; her unsanctioned love for another leads her to ritual disgrace and sacrifice.
Georgia (USSR) 1977
In cinema 2/26/2025
The Wishing Tree
Natvris khe
MS12
Genre
Drama
Director
Tengiz Abuladze
Run time
1h 47min
Cast
Lika Qavjaradze, Ioseb Djachviani, Kote Daushvili, Zaza Kolelishvili, Sofiko Chiaureli
Genre
Drama
Director
Tengiz Abuladze
Run time
1h 47min
Cast
Lika Qavjaradze, Ioseb Djachviani, Kote Daushvili, Zaza Kolelishvili, Sofiko Chiaureli
Abuladze's tenth film is a magically sustained fantasia about life in a Georgian village on the eve of the revolution, poetry rather than narrative thrust carrying it from one incident to another.
The film is based on Giorgi Leonidze's short stories. The textures of folk legend and striking visual allegory permeate "The Wishing Tree", an episodic pastorale set in a pre-revolutionary Georgian village and spanning four seasons in the lives of various village characters. Some twenty-two stories are woven into the narrative, which centers on a beautiful young woman who is forced to marry a man she does not love; her unsanctioned love for another leads her to ritual disgrace and sacrifice.
Georgia (USSR) 1977
Georgia (USSR) 1977
Info
Rating
Under 12 Not Recommended
Production year
1976
Global distributor
Artkino Pictures
Local distributor
Otaku MTÜ
In cinema
2/26/2025