Beginning
directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Preview Screening
Georgia, France | 2020 | 125 mins
Drama
Synopsis
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s harrowing, sensorial debut feature centres on a Jehovah’s Witness missionary seeking justice in a remote Georgian village.
In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, the familiar world of Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana’s inner discontent grows as she struggles to make sense of her desires.
Credits
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili
Screenplay: Dea Kulumbegashvili, Rati Oneli
Produced by: Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat (First Picture), Rati Oneli (OFA)
Photography: Arseni Khachaturan
Editor: Matthieu Taponier
Music: Nicolas Jaar
Cast: Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Saba Gogichaishvil
Screening schedule
Monday 21 June at Freiluftkino Silent Green
Language
Georgian with English subtitles
Genre
Drama
Festivals and Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2020
Toronto Film Festival
San Sebastian Film Festival
Director's Statement
About the Director
Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia, 1986) studied film directing at Columbia University, in New York. She has directed the short films Ukhilavi sivrtseebi (Invisible Spaces, 2014), which competed in the Official Short Film Section at the Festival de Cannes, and Léthé (2016), with which she returned to the French competition, this time to the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Dasatskisi is her first feature film and was part of the official selection of the Festival de Cannes 2020, cancelled due to Covid-19.