The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)
- Original title
- ამბავი სურამის ციხისა
- Directed by
- Dodo Abashidze, Sergei Parajanov
- Genre
- drama film, art film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 43 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
A young man is told a prophecy that he must be walled into a fortress to save it from collapse. He struggles with this fate over many years in a series of vivid, symbolic scenes.
dreamlikesurrealminimaliststylizedpoeticetherealmeditativevisually lush
What happens
The Legend of the Suram Fortress (Georgian: ამბავი სურამის ციხისა, romanized: ambavi suramis tsikhisa) is a 1985 Soviet art film directed by Georgian director Sergei Parajanov and Georgian actor Dodo Abashidze. Sergei Parajanov's first film after 15 years of censorship in the Soviet Union, it is a film stylistically linked with his earlier The Color of Pomegranates (1968): The film consists of a series of tableaux; once again minimal dialogue is used; the film abounds in surreal, almost oneiric power. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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