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Keep Smiling (2012)

Keep Smiling poster
Original title
გაიღიმეთ
Directed by
Rusudan Chkonia
Genre
comedy film
Country
Georgia, France, Luxembourg
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces a series of frustrating and absurd challenges as she tries to keep her job. Her struggle reveals pressure and small humiliations in modern life.

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What happens

Keep Smiling (Georgian: გაიღიმეთ, Gaigimet) is a 2012 internationally co-produced black comedy–drama written and directed by Rusudan Chkonia. The film was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final list. The script was the winner of 2010 GNFC competition of debut full-length feature films and went on to be the most successful release in Georgia of 2012, also enjoying a theatrical run in French cinemas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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