Namme

Namme (2018)

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In the Georgian mountains, a family oversees a healing spring for the local village. When his sons leave home, the father entrusts the work to his daughter until something strange happens in this modern-day fable.

Date of release
2018-03-15
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Director
Zaza Khalvashi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Namme is a 2017 Georgian art fantasy drama film directed by Zaza Khalvashi. It had an international premiere in the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film's cast includes theatre actors from Khulo, and director Khalvashi's screenplay is based on national legends and stories. Namme is an international co-production between Georgia and Lithuania. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Production

"Namme" a winner of the National Film Center and is work of Georgian-Lithuanian companies. Zaza Khalvashi started to work on scenery many years before the film's premiere. "I wrote the script in 2010, since I was in search of financing, and that's my turn on the screen. In 2016, I got the funding of the National Film Center and I worked, "recalls Director in interview.

He selected mainly non-professional and debutant actors for the film. Zaza chose for leading role Mariska Diasamidze, which is also young filmmaker and has studied animation in Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University.

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