In the 19th century, student Niko returns to his native Georgia from St. Petersburg. There he clashes with Tsarist officials while fighting to preserve a forest where his ancestors are buried. In a process steeped in bureaucratic absurdity, he discovers that the forest’s fate depends on a single signature. With only four feature films to his name, Rekhviashvili uses poetic and minimalist means to portray a story of resistance and the contrasting worlds of city and countryside.
November 5 - 22
2026
Lithuanian Cinema: An Open History
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The 19th Century Georgian Chronicle
1 hr. 4 min. | Drama | Pegi 13
- Languages
- Georgian, Russian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Original title
- XIX saukunis qartuli qronika
- Produced
- 1979: Georgia
