SYNOPSIS
Old Luka wants to replenish his garden and together with his grandson sets forth to obtain the rare saplings of the pear tree called Khechechuri. The cranky old man surprises everyone, for Luka knows that he is not destined to see how the pear tree will bear fruit. The old man gets the saplings. On his way home he has to sacrifice the plants to rescue a skidded truck.
Awards
Best Actor Prize, Diploma (to the director) | Moscow IFF, Russia, 1973
CAST & CREW
Rezo Chkheidze
Director
Producer(s)
Shota Laferadze
Script
Suliko Zhgenti
Director of Photography
Abesalom Maisuradze
Production designer
Ilamaz (Zurab) Medzmariashvili, Tatiana Krimkovskaia
Music by
Nodar Gabunia
Sound
Davit Lomidze
Edit
Vasili Dolenko
Cast
Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Misha Meskhi, Meri Qoreli
Production company(ies)
Qartuli Pilm
Rezo Chkheidze
Born. 1926, Kutaisi, Georgia. In 1943 – 46, Chkheidze studied at Tbilisi Theatre Institute Named after Shota Rustaveli. In 1953, he graduated from the Directing Department of All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow. Since 1953, he was a film director of Georgia Film Studio, and since 1973, already the CEO of the Film Studio and head of the Film Department at Tbilisi Theatre Institute Named after Shota Rustaveli. In 1953, Chkheidze directed Boris Paichadze, a documentary by his script. In 1954, two other documentaries were filmed with Tengiz Abduladze. In 1955, his Magdana’s Donkey was released, which was an award-winner at Cannes IFF in 1956. Chzkheidze was also a deputy member of Supreme Soviet of USSR.
Filmography
Boris Paichadze (1953, doc.), Our Palace (1954, co-dir.: Tengiz Abuladze), The State Natioanl Dance Ensemble of Georgia (1954, co-dir.: Tengiz Abuladze ), Magdana’s Donkey (1955), Our Courtyard (1956), Maya from Tskhneti (1959), Treasure (1961), Sea Trail (1962), Soldier’s Father (1964), What a Youth! (1969), The Saplings (1975), Your Son, Earth (1985), The Candle Alight on the Grave of the Lord (2008).
