Tengiz Abuladze

georgia, film director, cinema, repentance, cannes

Born Jan 31, 1924

Tbilisi, Georgia

Passed Away Mar 06, 1994 Tbilisi, Georgia

Lifespan 70 years old

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"What good is a road if it does not lead to a church?"

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Master Georgian film director whose allegorical masterpiece 'Repentance' catalyzed Soviet Glasnost and global anti-totalitarian cinema.

Biographical Record

Tengiz Abuladze was a visionary Georgian cinematic auteur whose philosophical and visually rich films brought Georgian cinema to global prominence.

Abuladze completed an iconic film trilogy: 'The Plea' (1967), inspired by Vazha-Pshavela; 'The Wishing Tree' (1976); and 'Repentance' (Pokayanie, 1984), a bold, surrealist condemnation of totalitarianism and cults of personality.

Shelved initially by Soviet censors, 'Repentance' was released in 1987 under Glasnost, winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and triggering an international reckoning with historical oppression.

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Didube Pantheon
Tbilisi, Georgia

                         GPS: 41.7481, 44.7889                    

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