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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Under the Upturned Moon (1976)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.