Sun of the Sleepless (1992)
2h 3m
Running Time
March 1, 1992Release Date
Sun of the Sleepless (1992)
2h 3m
Running Time
March 1, 1992Release Date
Plot.
The director dedicated this lyrical, epic film-confession to the memory of his father who was a doctor. The film’s protagonist, an ambulance doctor, conducts dangerous experiments in search of a vitally important vaccine. His wife believes in his work, though his daughter would not understand him. His son, who is absolutely unlike his father in character, is trying to protect him. But self-denial in the name of science proves too high a price. Just when he is on the verge of discovery, the doctor loses everything he has gathered as a result of his twenty-year-long work. This loss brings him even closer to his son. The shooting of the film continued for seven years (1985-1992), making it a metaphorical culmination of the Soviet cinematography and the Soviet way of life as a whole.
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Cast & Crew.
Elguja Burduli
Gela Bendeliani
David Kazishvili
Dato
Lia Babluani
Actress
Eka Saatashvili
Agnessa
Temur Babluani
Director
Viktor Andrievski
Cinematographer
Nugzar Nozadze
Cinematographer
Teimuraz Khmaladze
ProductionDesigner
Tamaz Lomia
ProductionDesigner
Givi Sikharulidze
Levan Pilpani
Flora Shedania
Lika Kavzharadze
Murtaz Zhvaniya
Soso Jachvliani
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The Sun of the Sleepless (Georgian: უძინართა მზე Udzinarta mze, "Sleeping sun") is a 1992 Georgian drama film directed by Temur Babluani. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution.The film had been directed since 1985 until 1992. The film was translated into several languages through dubbing as well as subtitling. Catchphrases and a soundtrack (more precisely melody which is a leitmotif of this film) of the film are very widespread among Georgian people. Occasionally vulgar words occur in the film. The director has dedicated the work to his father, who is also a doctor.