

Repentance
1987-05-01 · 153 min · ★ 7.1
The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.
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- Directors
- Tengiz Abuladze
- Production companies
- Georgia-Film
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 215,496
Top Cast
Avtandil MakharadzeVarlam Aravidze / Abel Aravidze
Iya NinidzeGuliko
Zeinab BotsvadzeKetevan Barateli
Edisher (Davit) GiorgobianiSandro Barateli
Kakhi KavsadzeMikheil Koresheli
Merab NinidzeTornike
Georgi Mataradze
Amiran Amiranashvili
Marina Kakhiani
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