Archive of films Citizen Saint / Mokalake Tsmindani
Georgia / France / Bulgaria
2023, 100 min
Section:
Crystal Globe Competition
Year: 2023
Synopsis
On the main square of a mining town stands a cross depicting a saint, regarded by the local miners as their protector. One day, the cross is taken down for repair and the statue of the saint suddenly vanishes. When a mysterious stranger subsequently appears among them, the residents put two and two together… In her third feature, a satirical parable about a saint who descends the cross to live among mortals, Tinatin Kajrishvili wonders what it is exactly that people want to believe in. Do saints have greater significance as inanimate symbols, or do they have the right to exist as living human beings? The carefully composed black-and-white images from experienced cameraman Krum Rodriguez underscore the oppression of life in the mining town and also the absurdity of the emerging situation.
Lenka Tyrpáková
About the director

Tinatin Kajrishvili (1978, Georgia). Selected filmography: Brides (Patardzlebi, 2014), Horizon (Horizonti, 2018), Citizen Saint (Mokalake Tsmindani, 2023).
Contacts
Studio Artizm
33 Lado Asatiani str., 0105, Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: +995 595 926 206
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Black & white, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Crystal Globe Competition |
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Director: | Tinatin Kajrishvili |
Screenplay: | Tinatin Kajrishvili, Basa Janikashvili |
Dir. of Photography: | Krum Rodriguez |
Music: | Tako Zhordania |
Sound: | Emanuel Soland |
Editor: | David Apkhaidze |
Art Director: | George Gordzamashvili |
Producer: | Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili |
Production: | Artizm, Gemini |
Coproduction: | Mandra Films, Chouchkov Brothers |
Cast: | Levan Berikashvili, George Babluani, Mari Kitia, Gia Burjanadze |
Contact: | Studio Artizm |
Guests

Tinatin Kajrishvili
Film Director

George Babluani
Actor

Lasha Khalvashi
Producer

Basa Janikashvili
Screenwriter

Mari Bolqvadze
Film Crew