Repentance Movie Review 1987

A popular, surreal satire of Soviet and Communist societies. A woman is arrested for repeatedly digging up a dead local despot, and put on trial. Wickedly funny and controversial; released under the auspices of glasnost. In Russian with English subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 151 minutes.
Originally from Russian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody

Cast

Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ia Ninidze, Edisher Giorgobiani, Ketevan Abuladze, Kakhi Kavsadze

Director

Tengiz Abuladze

Producer

Gruziafilm, Sovexportfilm USSR

Awards

Cannes 1987: Grand Jury Prize.