Archive of films Smiling Georgia / Gimiliani Sakartvelo
Georgia / Germany
2023, 62 min
Section:
Special Screenings
Year: 2023
Synopsis
During its 2012 election campaign titled “Smiling Georgia,” the governing party promised its country’s poorest residents new teeth in exchange for their vote. Dentists began to pull people’s decayed teeth, but after the election defeat, the trusting public never received their new pearly whites… In his bitterly humorous documentary, Luka Beradze takes us to a sleepy Georgian village, introduces us to its inhabitants, and shows that it rarely pays to believe the promises of populist politicians and to vote for purely selfish reasons. In the broader context, the film asks questions regarding the value of ordinary people in the eyes of political leaders.
Lenka Tyrpáková
About the director

Luka Beradze (Tbilisi, Georgia). Selected filmography: Sorry for Being Late (Bodishi dagvianebistvis, 2020, short), Smiling Georgia (Gimiliani Sakartvelo, 2023, doc.).
Contacts
1991 Productions
40 Paliashvili st, , Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: +995 599 442 211
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Special Screenings |
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Director: | Luka Beradze |
Screenplay: | Luka Beradze |
Dir. of Photography: | Lomero Akhvlediani |
Music: | Alex Kordzaia |
Sound: | Jascha Viehl |
Editor: | Nodar Nozadze, Joseph Bliadze, Luka Beradze |
Producer: | Nino Chichua, Anna Khazaradze |
Production: | 1991 Productions |
Coproduction: | Color of May, Enkeny Films |
Cast: | Nana Papidze, Lamara Samkharadze, Nodar Labadze, Bezhan Labadze |
Contact: | 1991 Productions |
Guests

Luka Beradze
Film Director

Nino Chichua
Producer

Eva Blondiau
Producer

Anna Khazaradze
Producer

Lomer Akhvlediani
Director of Photography