Unusual Exhibition (1968)

Original title

არაჩვეულებრივი გამოფენა

Directed by

Eldar Shengelaya

Genre

pritcha

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A sculptor starts making gravestones to support his family. He gets caught up in daily life and eventually realizes he has abandoned his artistic dreams. At a cemetery, surrounded by his own works, he understands his life's work has become a permanent exhibition of tombstones.

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What happens

Extraordinary Exhibition (Georgian: არაჩვეულებრივი გამოფენა, Russian: Необыкновенная выставка) is a 1968 Soviet black-and-white war drama film directed by Eldar Shengelaya. To support his family, the sculptor undertook the production of gravestones. Then he was drawn in, he got married, and carried away by everyday life, the betrayed his dreams. He realised this one day, when he was in a cemetery, surrounded by his own works. This explains the title: the only exhibition he had is made of tomb stones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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