Hostages (2017)

Original title

Заложники

Directed by

Rezo Gigineishvili

Genre

drama film, biographical film, thriller film, historical film

Country

Georgia, Russia, Poland

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

U

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1983, a group of young people from Soviet Georgia try to flee by hijacking an airplane. They are caught up in a standoff with the Soviet authorities.

tensesuspensefulurgentbleakemotionalhistoricalanxiousdesperate

What happens

Hostages is a 2017 drama film directed and written by Rezo Gigineishvili and co-written by Lasha Bugadze. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Hostages is based on a true story about a group of Soviet Georgian youngsters who try to escape the Soviet Union by hijacking Aeroflot Flight 6833 in 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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