The Wishing Tree (1976)

Original title

ნატვრის ხე

Directed by

Tengiz Abuladze

Genre

drama film

Country

Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

U

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a pre-revolutionary Georgian village across four seasons, a beautiful young woman is forced into an unwanted marriage. Her love for another man leads to public shame and sacrifice, while intertwined folk stories unfold around her.

contemplativepoeticslow-burnmelancholicvisually lushpastoraltragiclyricalunsettling

What happens

The Wishing Tree (Georgian: ნატვრის ხე, Natvris Khe, Russian: Древо желания, romanized: Drevo Zhelania) is a 1976 Georgian drama film directed by Tengiz Abuladze. It won the Lenin Prize, the All-Union Film Festival main prize and other prizes. The film is based on Giorgi Leonidze's short stories. The textures of folk legend and striking visual allegory permeate The Wishing Tree, an episodic pastorale set in a pre-revolutionary Georgian village and spanning four seasons in the lives of various village characters. Some twenty-two stories are woven into the narrative, which centers on a beautiful young woman who is forced to marry a man she does not love; her unsanctioned love for another leads her to ritual disgrace and sacrifice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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