The sun has not quite risen in Tbilisi, Georgia, when April is released after having spent another night in jail for prostitution. Although, for April and her fellow sex workers, the sun will probably never come up. They live in a masculine world in which women are a disposable commodity – something to vent your anger on. In the shadow of a luxury hotel, April meets Dije, a young Nigerian immigrant – an outsider even among outsiders. He once thought he was on his way to Georgia, USA, but ended up here instead. Another dream dashed. In this place, at the edge of the world where the only option is day-to-day survival , these two souls recognise one another’s lonely journey. In this powerful debut filmed in black-and-white – how else – and with a layer of ink-black, biting humour, Elene Naveriani sketches lives in suspended animation – a living death, until death comes.
Film details
Country of production
Switzerland
Year
2017
Festival edition
IFFR 2017
Length
61'
Medium/Format
DCP
Language
English, Georgian
Premiere status
International premiere
Director
Elene Naveriani
Producer
Britta Rindelaub, Elene Naveriani
Screenplay
Elene Naveriani
Cinematography
Agnes Pakozdi
Editing
Gabriel Gonzalez
Production design
Tako Elizarashvili, Melano Sokhadze
Sound design
Philippe Ciompi, Thomas Reichlin
Principal cast
Daniel Anthony, Khatia Nozadze, Bianka Shigurova, Nino Giorgobiani, Mariam Chachia
