Repentance

Film Description

  • Year: 1984
  • Length: 156 Minutes
  • Country: Georgia
  • Director: Tengiz Abuladze
  • Screenwriter: Tengiz Abuladze, Nana Janelidze, Rezo Kveselava
  • Cinematographer: Michael Agranichov
  • Cast: Avtandil Makharadze, Ia Ninidze, Merab Ninidze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ketevan Abuladze, David Giorgobiani, Kakhi Kavsadze, Nino Zakariadze, Nato Ochigava, Davit Kemkhadze, Veriko Anjaparidze, Boris Tsipuria, Akaki Khidasheli, Leo Antadze, Rezo Esadze, Amiran Amiranashvili, Amiran Buadze, Davit Papuashvili, Shota Skhirtladze, Besarion Khidasheli, Mzia Makhviladze, Tamar Tsitsishvili, Marina Kakhiani, Rusudan Kiknadze, Khatuna Khobua, Lia Kapanadze, Kote Makharadze, Zura Kavtaradze, Davit Dvalishvili, Neli Javakhishvili, Mikheil Jojua, Tengiz Koshkadze, Pavle Nozadze, Tengiz Tavariani, Revaz Baramidze, Yuri Vasadze.

Varlam Aravidze, a high-ranking Soviet official, uses his power to condemn innocent people to repression and death. Years later, Ketevan Barateli, the daughter of a family ruined by Aravidze, decides to take her revenge and digs up his corpse. When she is later put on trial, Barateli reveals Aravidze’s policy of paranoid repression. Full of remorse for his grandfather’s actions and seeking to confront his father, Varlam’s grandson Tornike resorts to an extreme form of protest and commits suicide.