Beginning (2020 film)
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Beginning (Georgian: დასაწყისი, dasats’q’isi, Dasatskisi, working title: Naked Sky) is a 2020 Georgian-French drama film, directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili, about the wife of a Jehovah's Witness leader who becomes disillusioned with her life inside a patriarchal religious community after its place of worship is firebombed by violent extremists. It was in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, and had its premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It was subsequently screened and won awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and the Adelaide Film Festival.
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Georgian | Dasatskisi |
Directed by | Déa Kulumbegashvili |
Written by | Déa Kulumbegashvili Rati Oneli |
Produced by | Ilan Amouyal Rati Oneli David Zerat Steven Darty (co-pro) Adrien Dassault (co-pro) |
Starring | Ia Sukhitashvili Rati Oneli |
Cinematography | Arseni Khachaturan |
Edited by | Matthieu Taponier |
Music by | Nicolas Jaar |
Production companies | First Picture OFA |
Distributed by | MUBI |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Countries | Georgia France |
Language | Georgian |
Beginning received mostly favourable reviews from critics, with the direction compared to that of Austrian director Michael Haneke.[1]