GSSR 1978, D Lana Gogoberidze, SC Erlom Akhvlediani, Zaira Akhvlediani, Lana Gogoberidze, C Nugzar Erkomaishvili, M Giya Kancheli, S Vladimer Dolidze, P Georgian-Film, Gosteleradio USSR, Gruziya Film, Cast Sofiko Chiaureli, Gia Badridze, Sketevan Orakhelashvili, Janri Lolashvili, Salome Kancheli, Levan Abashidze, Print colour, DCP by 35mm, 94 min, georgian OV with engl. SUB, Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
Sopiko is around 40 and completely absorbed in her profession. As a journalist, she interviews a wide range of different women about their living conditions and desires, while she herself also makes a considerable effort to maintain the fragile balance between professional fulfillment and family obligations. Lana Gogoberidze tells a sensitive story of the connection between the private and the political in almost documentary style and with dynamic camerawork. With its focus on the everyday struggles of an emancipated woman, RAMDENIME INTERVIU PIRAD SAKITKHEBZE is regarded as one of the first feminist films of the Soviet era.
| Acronyms | |
|---|---|
| amer. | American English |
| b/w | Black and white |
| OV | Original version |
| SUB | Subtitles |
| +SUB | electronic live subtitling (below the image) |
| INT | Intertitles |
| Countries | |
|---|---|
| AT | Austria |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany (historic) |
| BLR | Belarus |
| DE | Germany |
| CAN | Canada |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic (historic) |
| EGY | Egypt |
| FR | France |
| GB | Great Britain |
| URY | Uruguay |
| BRA | Brasil |
| SWE | Sweden |
| UKR | Ukraine |
| PL | Poland |
| IDN | Indonesia |
| PRT | Portugal |
| HRV | Croatia |
| ECU | Ecuador |
| HUN | Hungary |
| AUS | Australia |
| IT | Italy |
| MEX | Mexico |
| IND | India |
Followed by a conversation with the director
Born on October 13, 1928 in Tbilisi, she had made 9 feature and 4 documentary films. Her films have been nominated and awarded at numerous film festivals in Europe (Cannes, Venice, Berlinale), in Asia (Tokyo IFF) and in the Soviet Union. She was also a member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1984. In 2015, Lana was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to cinema at Tbilisi and Batumi IFFs. Lana was one of the founders of film faculty at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University. She was also one of the initiators of the National Film Center in Georgia, which is based on the French model. She is also known as a translator of poetry, translating and reading poems in French, English, Russian and Georgian. In the 1990s, Lana went into politics and became a member of parliament in 1992. From 1999 to 2008, she served as the Permanent Representative of Georgia in the Council of Europe and UNESCO. She finished to work on her last feature Golden Thread, which will be shown in December 2019 at Tbilisi Film Festival.
