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My Happy Family (2017)

My Happy Family poster
Original title
ჩემი ბედნიერი ოჯახი
Directed by
Simon Groß, Nana Ekvtimishvili
Genre
drama film
Country
Georgia, Germany, France
Runtime
2h
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her 50s leaves her crowded family home in Tbilisi to live alone. She navigates the reactions of her relatives and her own feelings about independence.

introspectivequietmelancholiccontemplativerestrainedslightly tenselife-affirming

What happens

My Happy Family (Georgian ჩემი ბედნიერი ოჯახი) is a 2017 Georgian drama film directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and had its world premiere in the Forum section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Ekvtimishvili and Groß were awarded Best Director at the Sofia International Film Festival, where their film was entered in the International Competition section. The movie was added to Netflix in December 2017 internationally and resided there until December 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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