1977 · drama · georgian
The Wishing Tree
Directed by Tengiz Abuladze1h 47m1977
Marita arrives at a small village in Georgia to live with her aunt. She meets a poor young lad, Gedia, and falls in love with him. But her relatives are determined to marry the girl off to a local rich man…
Our read: The Wishing Tree (1977) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive drama · georgian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / georgian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- inventive
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