The Antique

New Directors Competition

The Antique

Antikvariati

Georgia, Switzerland, Finland, Germany 2024 Fiction cor 132 min.

Lado is involved in smuggling antique furniture from Georgia to Russia. Tired of her boyfriend’s immaturity, Medea buys an apartment in the historic center of Saint Petersburg. The very low price is justified by the bonus that is included in the purchase: Vadim Vadimich, a strong-willed man and former owner of the property, is part of the sale. At the time of the illegal deportation of thousands of Georgians in Russia, Lado is among them, while his girlfriend is hiding in a wardrobe during a raid to the antique warehouse.

Presented in the Giornate degli Autori at the Venice International Film Festival.

Georgia Switzerland Finland Germany international film festivals crime immigration female directors

direction

Rusudan Glurijdze

screenplay

Rusudan Glurijdze

cinematography

Gorka Gomes Andreu, Alexander Glurijdze

editing

Grigol Palavandishvili

sound design

Sebastian Tesch

music

Gia Kancheli

production design

Grigol Mikeladze

cast

Salome Demuria, Sergey Dreiden, Vladimir Daushvili

production

Zurab Magalashvili, Manana Shvardnadze, Andrey Epifanov, Tanya Petrik, Jussi Myllyniemi, Uschi Feldges

co-production

Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tatiana Detlofson

produced by

Cinetech, Cinetrain

co-produced by

Whitepoint Digital, Basis Berlin Film Production

world sales

MPM Premium

indicative rating

16