Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Film details
| Film Title | Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 112mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | Georgia, Switzerland |
| Director | Elene Naveriani |
| Actors | Eka Chavleishvili, Temiko Chichinadze, Piqria Niqabadze, Tamar Mdinaradze, Lia Abuladze, Anka Khurtsidze, Ani Mogeladze, Joni Janashia, Tengo Javakhadze |
| Language | Georgian |
| AKA | შაშვი შაშვი მაყვალი |
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In a small traditional Georgian village, Etero, the owner of a housekeeping shop, is a forty-eight-year-old spinster. She cherishes her freedom, as much as her cakes, and is preparing for a peaceful and comfortable retirement away from gossip. But a fiery affair with her delivery man could derail all her plans.
Just as in “Wet Sand,” Naveriani has a keen critical eye for low-level sexism, rippling underneath the seemingly placid surfaces of small-town Georgia.
★★★★
At one point, tucking into a decadent millefeuille, surrounded by pastel-pink wallpaper, Etero makes clear to one flirty customer: “If marriage and dicks brought happiness, many women would be happy.”
★★★★
It’s a film which tells us what most films contrive to ignore: love and sex is not just for the lovely and the sexy and the young. This is a gentle, sensual gem of a film.
★★★★
