NAMME

Zaza KHALVASHI - Georgia

Synopsis

Ali’s family has inherited a mission taking responsibility for a local healing water and curing sick fellow villagers with it. Three sons are skeptical and only the young daughter Namme remains as the guardian of the family traditions. But, a hydro- power station is being built locally and the environment is endangered. One day the spring water starts to disappear. Father remembers the old tradition: the water will not return unless a sacrifice is made…

Film details

Genre : Narrative Feature film
Duration : 91 minutes
Year of production : 2017
Country : Georgia
Casting : Mariska Diasamidze - Aleko Abashidze - Ednar Bolkvadze Roman Bolkvadze, Roin Surmanidze
Screenwriter : Zaza Khalvashi
Cinematography : Giorgi Shvelidze - Mamuka Chkhikvadze
Editor : Levan Kukhashvili - Zaza Khalvashi
Director : Zaza KHALVASHI
Production company : Manuka Turmanidze






Zaza Khalvashi, born in 1957 in Batumi, Georgia, holds degrees in Philology and Film Directing. In 1982 he graduated from the Tbilsi State IFFD and studied under Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze. In 1977-2004 he worked for the Georgian Film Studio, directing Where I Live (1990) and Mizerere (feature, 1996).