• Summary: A bittersweet tale of deception and affection about three Georgian women -- strong-willed matriarch Eka, her long-suffering daughter Marina and rebellious granddaughter Ada -- all live together in their stately-yet-crumbling apartment in contemporary Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic. (Zeitgeist Films) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
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  1. The last minutes of the film are exhilarating, but its real triumph is in everything that precedes the ending--the relatively simple lives of the three women up to that point.
  2. At turns funny, sweet, sad, trenchant and telling. It's a gem.
  3. Everything about this subtly directed drama enhances its pathos and humor, especially an astonishing performance by Gorintin, a 90-something woman only a few years into her acting career.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
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  1. EarlM.
    10
    A superb film above love and family. Esther Gorintin is a wonder as are the other 2 female leads. A do not miss film.
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  2. BobS.
    10
    Incredible writing and acting that nail raw emotional nerves in the viewer. Masterful acting that will hold you teetering in suspense on the verge of bawling. Expand
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  3. OsG.
    10
    One of the most intimate and moving films I've seen. Beautifully fimed, fabulously real acting and I'm not ashamed to say it made me bawl.
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