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The White Caravan (1963)

The White Caravan poster
Original title
თეთრი ქარავანი
Directed by
Tamaz Meliava, Eldar Shengelaya
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A romantic drama set in a Soviet Georgian village. It follows the lives of shepherds and a love story that unfolds against the backdrop of their seasonal migration.

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What happens

The White Caravan (Georgian: თეთრი ქარავანი; Russian: Белый караван, romanized: Belyy karavan) is a 1963 Soviet black-and-white romantic drama film directed by Tamaz Meliava and Eldar Shengelaya. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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