29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Don´t Breathe

Don´t Breathe

Nino Kirtadze / France / 2014 / European Premiere / 86 min.


synopsis

The direction of Levan’s life changed with just one doctor’s exam. What appeared at first to be a temporary situation caused by his surroundings and his own anxiety quickly changed into the realization that his life was falling apart in his hands. The filmmaker follows in Levan’s footsteps and with a detached observational form guides us through the carousel of absurd situations and personal and professional problems which the main protagonist finds himself more and more deeply bogged down in. The result is a grotesque, tragi-comedic tale about an originally phlegmatic man who is attempting to deal with the uncertainties in his life and find himself in the Georgian metropolis.

DETAIL:
I’m very calm, serene. I rarely lose my temper. But everybody fights with me. Why? I just don’t understand.

biography

In addition to film directing and acting, Georgian filmmaker Nino Kirtadzé has a plethora of other careers in her past, including journalist, Caucasian correspondent for press agencies, and external consultant for the office of the Georgian president. Her film credits include Something About Georgia (2010), The Pipeline Next Door (2005, European Film Academy Award) and Durakovo: Village of Fools (2007, World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance).

more about film

director: Nino Kirtadze
producer: Paul Rozenberg, Heidi Fleisher, Céline Nusse, Sami Jahnukainen
editing: Christel Aubert, Josianne Zardoya, Nino Kirtadze

contact

Deckert Distribution GmbH
Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
Leipzig / 04103 / Germany
+49 3 412 156 638
info@deckert-distribution.com
www.deckert-distribution.com

Zadig Productions
Paris, France
info@zadigproductions.com

Mouka Filmi
Helsinki, Finland
mouka@mouka.fi

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Film at festival

premiere type:European Premiere
festival edition:2014
section:Between the Seas
format:DCP
language:Georgian
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Nino Kirtadze
original title:La faille
country:France
year:2014
running time:86 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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