What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

Name: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
Genre: Drama
Released: November 12, 2021
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Ambroladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Irina Chelidze, Oliko Barbakadze

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MUBI | Release Date: November 12, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Ambroladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Irina Chelidze, Oliko Barbakadze, Vakhtang Panchulidze

Summary: In the Georgian riverside city of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken magically transformed — with no way to recognize or contact each other. As the would-be couple tries toIn the Georgian riverside city of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken 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 filled with surprises in every cafe, courtyard, and cinema.… Expand

Director: Aleksandre Koberidze

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 150 min

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Carlos Aguilar

Nov 26, 2021

The most entrancingly feel-good movie of the year. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jan 21, 2022

Split into two parts and narrated by Koberidze himself, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? is a true magic act, intimate and massive at the same time. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Mar 5, 2021

We are active participants in the creation of this (or any) work of cinema. And given how much this movie loves the movies, as well as dogs, music, children, soccer, ice cream, the ancient Georgian town of Kutaisi, and the very process of falling in love, there is something immensely hopeful and moving about being thus invited to collude. Read full review

Caitlin Quinlan

Nov 22, 2022

In his idyllic city symphony, Koberidze celebrates the serendipity of fate and the rhythms of daily life that bring together what is meant to be. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Dec 19, 2022

At 150 minutes, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? could easily have been shorter and still achieved its intended emotional and aesthetic effects. But a river isn’t less pleasant for meandering before it reaches the ocean: if this is how it has to happen before we lose the thread of Lisa and Giorgi’s lives in the flow of others, then so be it. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Nov 11, 2021

Pleasing, exasperating, poignant and coy, “What Do We See” is a loose, exceedingly leisurely meander through a series of momentous and banal moments that take place during an amble through the Georgian city of Kutaisi. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Nov 23, 2022

This is a film that tries your patience a fair bit, and yet there is something attractive in its kind of innocence. Read full review

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bertobellamy

Jan 11, 2022

At the end of 'What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?', the narrator, Alexandre Koberidze himself — the director — asks us to believe in the story we just saw: a man and a woman, who were to have a date, wake up transformed into another person, unable now to recognize each other.

ThisAt the end of 'What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?', the narrator, Alexandre Koberidze himself — the director — asks us to believe in the story we just saw: a man and a woman, who were to have a date, wake up transformed into another person, unable now to recognize each other.

This isn't a love story, or perhaps it is. Being set in the town of Kutaisi, Georgia, where Koberidze is from, one can easily see that he loves the place, so the film could be perceived as a love letter to the small city, full of funny and interesting characters, including a group of dogs that get mad at each other for not being on time to watch the FIFA World Cup.

It could also be a love story about being enamored with Lionel Messi and the Argentinian Football team, which feature prominently in the film. But, in the end, I think this is a love story about the little things; the everyday life that's full of stories and even fairy tales, which we sometimes refuse to believe. With this work, Koberidze reminds us of the magic of living with an optimistic and beautifully shot film about two persons that find each other when they finally stop to search for each other.… Expand

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ChanekeCholo

Jan 11, 2022

It's hard to talk about this film because I watched it in a 4 day range. To be honest, I'm not sure what the title means for the film. I also want to emphasize that I hardly followed the thread of the main love story. It seemed like we were gossipers and saw everything from afar.It's hard to talk about this film because I watched it in a 4 day range. To be honest, I'm not sure what the title means for the film. I also want to emphasize that I hardly followed the thread of the main love story. It seemed like we were gossipers and saw everything from afar.
Nevertheless, the editing and the cinematography is quiet decent to the point of transporting us to an almost alternative reality, because it shows us quite daily activities, but that take place on the other side of the world and makes it even more interesting to appreciate. This was what I liked the most about the film, the world that surrounds the main characters.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jan 12, 2022

As a viewer, one is always the recipient of the images and of course, the entire plot, however what happens when you must be the recipient of a story that uses the passage of time with the thematic defense of all things happening around us?

That in itself is a theme that can mean that thisAs a viewer, one is always the recipient of the images and of course, the entire plot, however what happens when you must be the recipient of a story that uses the passage of time with the thematic defense of all things happening around us?

That in itself is a theme that can mean that this film can be considered a majestic epic of cinematic art, or a simple and mundane exhibition of self-indulgence and pretentiousness.

That's why, in a nutshell, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? is specifically that kind of film.
Although hardly a viewer who doesn't consume this kind of cinema would try to pay any attention to it.

I don't think it's a bad film, far from it, but the primary reason I'm taking one star off is because I fervently believe this film shouldn't have been 170 minutes long.
That's where the pretentiousness and the ambition get out of hand for its director.… Expand

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