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Hostages

Mzevlebi (AKA Hostages)

2017

Rezo Gigineishvili

Merab Ninidze, Darejan Kharshiladze, Avtandil Makharadze, Tinatin Dalakishvili ...

5.7

717

Drama Movie describes real events that took place in 1983 when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attampted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently tried and executed.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Gripping true story of crime and punishment back in the USSR (...) A compelling cocktail of thriller dynamics, glossy visuals and political theme"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"It’s an impressive and well-made hijacking thriller, but it feels like an opportunity missed because where it counts, 'Hostages' remains on the fence."	NEU
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"A taut, meticulously-researched account of the events and their aftermath. It’s a breathlessly tense piece of work (...) Particularly effective is the oppressive sense of claustrophobia"	POS

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