Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (1986)

Original title

რობინზონიადა, ანუ ჩემი ინგლისელი პაპა

Directed by

Nana Jorjadze

Genre

comedy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly Englishman washes up on the coast of Soviet Georgia and moves in with a local family. The film follows his strange and funny attempts to adapt to Georgian village life.

whimsicalquirkygentleoffbeatcomedicwarmplayfulslow-paced

What happens

Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (Georgian: რობინზონიადა ანუ ჩემი ინგლისელი პაპა; Russian: Робинзонада, или Мой английский дедушка, romanized: Robinzonada ili moy angliskiy dedushka; also known as Robinson Crusoe in Georgia) is a 1987 Soviet-Georgian comedy film directed by Nana Djordjadze. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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