导演：乔治·奥瓦什威利
主演：Hossein Mahjoob Kishvard Manvelishvili Nodar Dzidziguri Zurab Antelava
简介：A man elected by his people to become the head of a newly independent country, gets ousted by a coup
A man elected by his people to become the head of a newly independent country, gets ousted by a coup d´état shortly after. He flees into the mountains where loyal troops are rumored to be waiting for him. He plans to meet them and come back from his exile to regain his power. Full of hope he is following his guardians into the mountains, in order to regroup with his true fellowers and reach the popped-off glory times again. But the journey turns out to be a restless one, between trust and distrust, between hope and despair. His dreams blend with reality as his feelings of insecurity grow. Finally, he has to meet his fate.
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奥瓦什维利的这部新近作品同样触碰到格鲁吉亚现代史的痛点，而且聚焦的是极具争议的总统——兹维亚德·加姆萨胡尔季阿（Zviad Gamsakhurdia）。电影的前半段比较稳，再加上格鲁吉亚氤氲的山地景色和总统流亡的剧情（基本上是寄人篱下，痴饮痴食，不断跑路），整个片还是能称之为“山路电影”。但是后半段就比较疲软，不得不通过总统的梦境来衔接和丰富视觉。电影的分镜和剪辑还是有点旧旧的感觉。至于回到总统本身是不是有美化之嫌，那还真是见仁见智了。
在塔式写意美学下，一段忐忑又无聊的格鲁吉亚长征，导演似乎一直在寻找苏联解体后的身份归属与认同。再过不到40天，我就要去高加索山区啦，嗨森嗨森！