BEGINNING
synopsis
Yana, a young Jehovah’s Witness missionary, is in shock after angry locals burn down her place of worship during a service. Her husband David manages to obtain CCTV footage of the attack. But in the remote Georgian village where they are living with their young son, his search for justice triggers a chain of events that will find the family totally isolated and entirely at the mercy of the hostile local police…
international title: | Beginning |
original title: | Beginning |
working title: | Naked Sky |
country: | Georgia, France |
sales agent: | Goodfellas |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dea Kulumbegashvili |
film run: | 130' |
screenplay: | Dea Kulumbegashvili |
cast: | Ia Sukhitashvili |
film editing: | Matthieu Taponier |
music: | Nicolas jaar |
producer: | Rati Oneli, Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Paul Rozenberg |
co-producer: | Steven Darty, Adrien Dassault |
executive producer: | Carlos Reygadas, Gaetan Rousseau |
production: | O.F.A, First Picture, Zadig Productions / Zadig Films |
backing: | Georgian National Film Center (GE), Hubert Bals Fund (NL) |
distributor: | Surtsey Films |