On the occasion of the Legendary Lana Gogoberidze's 94th birthday i revisited couple this feminist masterpiece. I am a day late, but i don't want to miss out on sharing my thoughts about this film. This time around a good print and i somehow managed to source better subtitle unlike last time. From many things in the film there are bittersweet feelings, main reason being the life of director Gogoberidze and the suppression faced in the Stalinist time echoed in a in a storyline that is written well. The plot is something arthouse fans are accustomed to in a female centered drama. A women living in duality, inhabiting two worlds split between personal and professional life. Lana is engaged in a very personal work both for herself, for the viewer and the situation of 70s Tbilisi women. Likewise, the story revolves around Sofiko an ambitious journalist revealed here to fullest. This digging into the personal matters eats up her mental health, especially the sequence when she interviews her Mother. As the plot moves, this void in family life intensively results in fall out with her Husband who starts to have an affair. The fact that Gogoberidz proceeded here with the drama must be applauded, she doesn't take sides or sink into to moral sermon while this infidelity concept is treated with brilliant writing. . Also, mainly conveyed by the impeccable performance of Sofiko Chiaureli with balanced cynical humor and realism, albeit supported with a good score by her regular composer Giya Kancheli turned out to be very interesting.
Summing it up , Lana Gogoberidze films are overlooked when compared to Larisa Shepitko and Kira Muratova. I wish many watch her films and appreciate her willingness that explores deep reflection of the past and not only feminism but about an entire society.
