SMILING GEORGIA
Georgia, Germany / 2023 / 62'
SMILING GEORGIA
What are the costs of the half-truths that politicians tell? In 2012, the Georgian president wanted to make the nation smile. In the race for reelection, the incumbent’s party was promising subsidized dental care to the country’s least well off. Across the land, state medical practitioners began removing rotten teeth with the promise of replacements in the months that followed — then the president lost. Through interviews with those worst affected by that campaign, we witness a story about the whims of political power and the defiance of those who usually hold the least of it — a film short on teeth, yes, but far from toothless.
Director: Luka Beradze
Script: Luka Beradze
Photography: Lomer Akhvlediani
Editing: Nodar Nozadze, Joseph “Soso” Bliadze, Luka Beradze
Sound: Nino Tevdorashvili
Music: Alexandre Kordzaia
Production: Nino Chichua (1991 Productions), Anna Khazaradze (1991 Productions)
Co-production: Eva Blondiau (Color of May), Sophio Bendiashvili (Enkeny Films)
Selected Filmography:
Sorry for Being Late (2020)
I Came, I Saw, I Fixed It (2016)
Festivals & Awards:
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic (2023)
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