As If You Were Never Here

A quiet, emotionally charged journey through mistrust toward understanding, with stark landscapes and raw performances.

Directed by

Eti Tsicko

Genres

Drama

Starring

Neta Riskin, Roland Okropiridze, Anastasia Chanturaia

Overview

In the dead of night, a strange woman arrives in a forgotten village in northern Georgia. Marina, an Israeli lawyer who has spent her life in denial about her past and identity, returns to Georgia to bring back to Israel an 11-year-old boy who was abandoned by his mother Nino as a baby. She meets Dato (Nino's brother) who has cared for the boy his entire life. Despite the hostility she arouses in him, he agrees to help her. The journey of Dato and Marina, two strangers, melts the walls of alienation and anger and changes their perspective on the world and themselves.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, family, isolation, healing

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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