April (1961)

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Soviet Union

Short Feature Film

Original Title: აპრილი

Director: Otar Iosseliani

Writers: Erlom Akhvlediani, Otar Iosseliani

Cinematographer: Yuri Fednev

Composer: Sulkhan Nasidze

Cast: T. Chanturia, Gia Chiraqadze, A. Chikvaidze, V. Maisuradze, A. Jorbenadze

A young couple, deeply in love, move into an empty flat and gradually fill it with furniture and ornaments, transferring their love from one another onto their new possessions, in this light and slight though compelling early short from Georgian film-maker Iosseliani, which takes a well-aimed pop-shot at materialism. Iain.Stott