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Repentance

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Original title
Monanieba (Repentance)
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Running time
153 min.
Country
Soviet Union  (USSR) Soviet Union (USSR)
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Genre
Drama
Synopsis
The day after the fumeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse keeps returning, and the police eventually capture a local woman accusing her of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest, as when he was alive he was responsible for a Stalin-like reign of terror that led to the disappearance of many of her friends...
Awards
1987: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
1987: Cannes: Winner of the Grand Prix Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, FIPRESCI Award
1987: Chicago International Film Festival: Silver Hugo - Best Actor (Avtandil Makharadze)
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User history
Repentance
1984
Tengiz Abuladze
6.9
(192)
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