The read
A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.4/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Temur BabluaniDirector
- Temur BabluaniWriter
Cast
- Elguja BurduliGela Bendeliani
- David KazishviliDato
- Lia BabluaniCast
- Eka SaatashviliAgnessa
- Givi SikharulidzeCast
- Levan PilpaniCast
- Flora ShedaniaCast
- Lika KavzharadzeCast
- Joseph JachvlianiCast
- Murtaz ZhvaniyaCast
- Venera NeparidzeCast
