A coincidental encounter at the gates of a school in Georgia’s Kutaisi. Lisa and Giorgi run into each other and a book falls on the floor.

Clearly infatuated, they arrange a date without even telling each other their names. It’s love at first sight, and things start to come alive like a spell: the surveillance camera becomes an evil eye, the drainpipe an oracle, they close their eyes and – pong!

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  • directed by:Aleksandre Koberidze
  • with:Giorgi Ambroladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Irina Chelidze, Ani Karseladze.
  • country:Georgia, Germany 2021.
  • length:150 minutes, Georgian / Dutch subtitles.

Tickets

A wondrous romance from Georgia.

Boyd Van Hoeij
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

A gorgeous modern fairy tale

Jessica Kiang
THE NEW YORK TIMES

This is European art cinema at its most irresistibly playful.

Jonathan Romney
THE GUARDIAN