The 19th Century Georgian Chronicle

In the 19th century, student Niko returns to his native Georgia from St. Petersburg. There he clashes with Tsarist officials while fighting to preserve a forest where his ancestors are buried. In a process steeped in bureaucratic absurdity, he discovers that the forest’s fate depends on a single signature. With only four feature films to his name, Rekhviashvili uses poetic and minimalist means to portray a story of resistance and the contrasting worlds of city and countryside.