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Ambavi Suramis Tsikhitsa

Legend of the Surami Fortress

USSR (Georgia) 1984
produced by
Georgian-Film
directed by Dodo Abashidze, Sergei Parajanov
starring Veriko Andjaparidze, Tamari Tsitsishvili, Dudukhana Tserodze, Sofiko Chiaureli, Zura Kipshidze, Levani Outchaneichvili, Leila Alibegashvili
based on a book by Daniel Chonqadze

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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A long time ago, in Surami fortress, a castle build to protect the Surami kingdom from its enemies ... however, it seems to be kept in shape since everytime it is completely built it crumbles & finally collapses under its own weight: Durmishkhan (Zura Kipshidze) is freed from his duties with the prince of Surami, & not only that, he is given the prince's best horse, tlo roam the world on the animal's back. His fiancée Vardo (Leila Alibegashvili) however is kept behind for whatever the prince has in store for her ... & even Durmishkhan's horse is taken from him by the prince's guards since the prince changed his mind on a whim. 

Broke & penniless, Durmishkhan still sets out into the world to make a fortune to return a rich man & free Vardo too, but his task has gotten a lot more difficult now he's bbroke & penniless. On his way through the plains he meets rich businessman Osman-Aga (Dodo Abashidze), who suffered an even greater humiliation from the prince, as the man not only took his wealth but killed his mother when humiliating her. Osman-aga has since fled the country & found fame & fortune elsewhere ... he could however never cure his being homesick, so now, many years later he comes back to Surami to find his peace. Soon, Osman-aga sees a younger version of himself in Durmishkhan & invites him to join him on his travels, & he even cuts him in on his business after a time.

After a time in Osman-aga's employ, Durmishkhan finds new love, with whom he even has a son ...

Vardo meanwhile, having become half crazy griefing about Durmishkhan's long absence, goes to a clairvoyant, who shows her Durmishkhan's new life ... & dies, leaving all her clairvoyant powers to Vardo, who soon becomes a bigger clairvoyant than she ever was.

Years later, Durmishkhan, his son & company are hired to rebuild the yet again crumbling Surami Fortress, which once again is collapsing. Knowing about the futility of this, they decide to adress the local clairvoyant for help - Vardo. CVrdo sends them all out but Durmishkhan's som - whom she tells in order to rebuild Surami fortress for all eternity, he has to immure himself ... which the good boy does, & would you know it, it works.

 

Despite many outside settings of great Georgian landscapes, almost everything in this movie looks so stylized it has an otherworldly, even dreamlike feel to it, with the direction strictly following its own rules instead of some standardized cinematographic language ... which makes this film a fascinating watch. On the downside though, way too much story is crammed into this movie that runs a mere 80 minutes, which makes the film a tad incomprehensible & distracts from its narrative tension.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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