The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear

director: Tinatin Gurchiani

original title: Manqana, romelic kvelafers gaaqrobs

year: 2012

running time: 97 min.

synopsis

To get away. The main motif of the existence of young Georgians, who spend day after day in helplessness, misery and frustration with the reality of their homeland affected by the shadow of the Soviet past and an unclear future. A tapestry of destinies and fragments of extraordinary and ordinary life stories begins with the casting of young Georgians between 15 and 25 years old for the film shoot. A dream career in Hollywood, a desire to show off their singing skills, concern for their relatives and a flock of sheep, and above all, a strong need to share their stories of everyday hardship and joy. The portrait miniatures are transformed into a more complete parable about a broken, dying country and young people with dreams and a touch of hope.

„Mixing metanarrative with heightened visual aesthetics, THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR intuitively penetrates individual lives to conjure a richly layered, indelible portrait of a society, brilliantly becoming more than the sum of its parts.“

biography

Tinatin Gurchiani (1973) studovala malířství, tanec a psychologii v Tbilisi, Freiburgu a Grazu, poté pracovala jako psycholožka. V roce 2009 vystudovala filmovou režii na Filmové a televizní akademii Konrada Wolfa v Babelsbergu. Za film Stroj, který cokoliv vymaže získala cenu za režii na festivalu v Sundance.

more about film

director:	Tinatin Gurchiani
producer:	Tamar Gurchiani

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