$12 General Admission, $9 Member, $7 child (age 14 or younger)
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2021 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL Best International Feature, Best Screenplay & Best Actor
In this portrait of parental sacrifice and the love of a father for his son, former wrestler Kakhi (played by real-life Olympic champion Levan Tediashvili) embarks on a journey from his home in the Republic of Georgia to visit his son Soso (Giorgi Tabidze) in the Russian-speaking neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. There he finds him living in a shabby boarding house populated by a colorful group of fellow Georgian immigrants. Soso is not studying medicine, as Kakhi believed, but is working for a moving company and has accrued a $14,000 gambling debt to a local Russian mob boss. Kakhi sets his mind to helping his hapless son out of his debt, leading to situations as often comic as they are dire.
“A gorgeously cinematic familial tragicomedy that constantly and movingly challenges expectations.”
-Los Angeles Times
“The melancholy-infused narrative neatly balances rueful humor with genuine sweetness.”
-Variety
“The film unfolds at a pace that is unhurried yet self-assured, submerged in the rhythms that govern its characters’ lives.”
-Slant Magazine
