A Trip to Karabakh

A trip to Karabakh (Gaseirneba Karabaghshi in Georgian) is a 2005 Georgian film directed by Levan Tutberidze and based on the 1992 novel "Journey to Karabakh" by Aka Morchiladze.

A trip to Karabakh
Directed byLevan Tutberidze
Produced byLevan Korinteli
George Kharabadze
Written byAka Morchiladze
Irakli Solomonashvili, based on the Journey to Karabakh
StarringLevan Doborjginidze
Mikheil Meskhi
Dato Iashvili
Nutsa Kukhianidze
Music byNukri Abashidze
CinematographyGoran Pavicevic
Edited byBoris Machytka
Niko Tarielashvili
Distributed byFilm Studio Remka
Release date
2005
Running time
105 minutes
CountryGeorgia
LanguageGeorgian

Plot

A group of teenage boys from Tbilisi take a trip to Azerbaijan to buy drugs, and end up fighting in the first Nagorno-Karabakh War, when they are captured by Azerbaijani militants, with one subsequently being captured by the Armenians. During the course of events, the main character has flashbacks to his relationship with his father, as well as a depressive prostitute.

Cast

  • Levan Doborjginidze - Gio
  • Mikheil Meskhi - Gogliko
  • Dato Iashvili
  • Nutsa Kukhianidze - Jana
  • Giorgi Gachechiladze - Utsnobi
  • Gogi Kharabadze - Tengizi
  • Nino Kasradze - Nana
  • Robert Sturua
  • Dasha Drozdovskaja - Journalist
  • Giorgi Gurgulia
  • Sandro Kakulia
  • Sandro Qutidze - Irakli

Awards

  • Grand Prize (Kinoshok - Open CIS and Baltic Film Festival
  • FIPRESCI Prize (Tbilisi International Film Festival)

References

A Trip to Karabakh at the Internet Movie Database

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