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Guria

2026 · 118 min

A bittersweet, human-scale tragicomedy that finds warmth and quiet humor in hardscrabble village life, unfolding patiently with tenderness and a touch of melancholy.

Directed by: Levan Koguashvili
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Kakhaber Choladze, Natia Nikolashvili, Vamekh Jangidze

Overview: In Guria, western Georgia – where progress has yet to take hold following the collapse of the USSR – the locals struggle to survive day to day in the 1990s, with humor, songs, and unwavering solidarity.

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Directed by: Levan Koguashvili
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Kakhaber Choladze, Natia Nikolashvili, Vamekh Jangidze

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
love
class
isolation
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Levan Koguashvili
Written by: Boris Frumin, Levan Koguashvili
Starring: Kakhaber Choladze, Natia Nikolashvili, Vamekh Jangidze, Davit Natsvaladze, Anamaria Kamladze, Sergi Kviloria, Ia Sukhitashvili, ირმა გაჩეჩილაძე
Music: George Gzodzuashvili
Cinematography: Rui Poças
Runtime: 118 min
Country: Georgia, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia
Languages: Georgian

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