Shindisi (2019)

Original title

შინდისი

Directed by

Dito Tsintsadze

Genre

drama film, action film, war film

Country

Georgia

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, a group of Georgian soldiers defends a small village from a Russian attack. The film focuses on the personal sacrifices and losses of the soldiers and the villagers caught in the conflict.

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What happens

Shindisi (Georgian: შინდისი) is a 2019 Georgian drama film directed by Dito Tsintsadze. It was screened at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It won the Grand Prix at the 35th Warsaw International Film Festival in 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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