What Do We See When We Look at the Sky
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What Do We See When We Look at the Sky
The celebrated second feature from rising auteur Alexandre Koberidze, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, is a modern-day fairy tale unlike any other.
This enchanting film transports us to the Georgian riverside city of Kutaisi, where summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi are smitten. They arrange a date, but fate has other plans in store: they both awaken the day of their rendez-vous magically transformed — with no way to recognize or contact each other. As the would-be couple tries to reunite, their eyes are opened to a whole new world, with surprises awaiting them in every cafe, courtyard, and cinema.
A gem from this year’s Berlinale and New York Film Festival, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? infuses the seemingly everyday with painterly beauty and unexpected wonder. Packed with wit and charm, this luminous portrait of young love en plein air is poised to become a breakthrough film in the burgeoning Georgian New Wave.
This enchanting film transports us to the Georgian riverside city of Kutaisi, where summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi are smitten. They arrange a date, but fate has other plans in store: they both awaken the day of their rendez-vous magically transformed — with no way to recognize or contact each other. As the would-be couple tries to reunite, their eyes are opened to a whole new world, with surprises awaiting them in every cafe, courtyard, and cinema.
A gem from this year’s Berlinale and New York Film Festival, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? infuses the seemingly everyday with painterly beauty and unexpected wonder. Packed with wit and charm, this luminous portrait of young love en plein air is poised to become a breakthrough film in the burgeoning Georgian New Wave.
Genre
Drama
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Runtime
151
Language
Georgian
Director
Aleksandre Koberidze
Writer(s)
Aleksandre Koberidze
Cast
Ani Karseladze,
Giorgi Bochorishvili,
Oliko Barbakadze,
Giorgi Ambroladze,
Vakhtang Panchulidze
Awards:
Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Nominee, FIPRESCI Film of the Year, San Sebastián International Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?” It’s a good title and better question and, much like the movie attached to it, the answer easily spirals off in different directions. We look at the sky itself, of course, the dark and light clouds. We look at rainbows and lightning, smog and smoke, tall ...
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Royal 11.26.21 - 12.02.21
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