Repentance (1984)
PG 18 May 1987 • Drama • 2h 33m
The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse keeps returning, and the police eventually capture a local woman, who is accused of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest because he was responsible for a Stalin-like reign of terror that led to the disappearance of many of her friends...
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Language:
Georgian, Russian, Italian, German
Awards:
12 wins & 2 nominations
Country:
Soviet Union
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Box Office Total:
$215,496