The Swimmer (1981)
(Plovec)
Country: USSR
Technical: bw/col 105m
Director: Irakli Kvirikadze
Cast: Elgudza Burduli, Ruslan Mikaberidze, Baadur Tsuladze
Synopsis:
At Batumi, on the Black Sea, a documentary film crew recreate the story of three generations of swimmers, the last of whom stays true to his past by swimming out to sea.
Review:
An allegory of human freedom and individualism, the film disguises its deeper meanings by maintaining a distant, documentary feel throughout, with reconstructed footage, voiceover narration and breaks for filming the technical crew on set with the last of the line of swimmers. Perhaps the most evocative sequence depicts the earliest swimmer discovering amphorae of wine, hundreds of years old, lying on the sea bed; afterwards he turns to drink!
(Plovec)
Country: USSR
Technical: bw/col 105m
Director: Irakli Kvirikadze
Cast: Elgudza Burduli, Ruslan Mikaberidze, Baadur Tsuladze
Synopsis:
At Batumi, on the Black Sea, a documentary film crew recreate the story of three generations of swimmers, the last of whom stays true to his past by swimming out to sea.
Review:
An allegory of human freedom and individualism, the film disguises its deeper meanings by maintaining a distant, documentary feel throughout, with reconstructed footage, voiceover narration and breaks for filming the technical crew on set with the last of the line of swimmers. Perhaps the most evocative sequence depicts the earliest swimmer discovering amphorae of wine, hundreds of years old, lying on the sea bed; afterwards he turns to drink!
(Plovec)
Country: USSR
Technical: bw/col 105m
Director: Irakli Kvirikadze
Cast: Elgudza Burduli, Ruslan Mikaberidze, Baadur Tsuladze
Synopsis:
At Batumi, on the Black Sea, a documentary film crew recreate the story of three generations of swimmers, the last of whom stays true to his past by swimming out to sea.
Review:
An allegory of human freedom and individualism, the film disguises its deeper meanings by maintaining a distant, documentary feel throughout, with reconstructed footage, voiceover narration and breaks for filming the technical crew on set with the last of the line of swimmers. Perhaps the most evocative sequence depicts the earliest swimmer discovering amphorae of wine, hundreds of years old, lying on the sea bed; afterwards he turns to drink!