The Antique

The Antique (2024)

ანტიკვარიატი

A young Georgian man named Lado is involved in smuggling antique furniture from Georgia to Russia. Medea, Lado’s girlfriend, buys herself an apartment in St. Peterburg’s historic center. At the time of the unlawful deportation of thousands of Georgians from Russia, Lado is caught and deported.

Date of release
2024-09-06
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama
Director
Rusudan Glurjidze

Casting

Interesting facts

The Antique is a 2024 drama film directed by Rusudan Glurjidze. Inspired by the 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, the film depicts a Georgian woman who moves in with an old man in Saint Petersburg and is pursued by Russian authorities seeking to deport Georgians from the country. A co-production between Georgia, Switzerland, Finland, and Germany, it is Glurjidze's second feature film, following House of Others (2016).

Production

The Antique was co-written by an anonymous writer, whose identify is withheld for safety, and Glurjidze. Filming took place from 25 January to 11 April 2022 in Saint Petersburg and Tbilisi. According to Glurjidze and producer Zurab Magalashvili, the Russian Ministry of Culture demanded 16 scenes be cut, and the film faced attempts at obstruction during and after the shooting, including damage to costumes and confiscation of filmed material at cus…

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