Brighton 4th

The melancholy-infused narrative neatly balances rueful humor with genuine sweetness.

Variety

Archive - Festival 37
Director: Levan Koguashvili
Georgia, Russia, USA, Bulgaria, Monaco 2021
95 minutes
Georgian, English
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Former wrestling champion Kakhi (Levan Tediashvili, himself a former Olympic wrestling champion) is devoted to his family. This leads him to leave his modest home in Georgia and travel to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, to visit his son Soso. Soso is supposed to be studying medicine. Instead, Kakhi finds him living in a shabby boarding house populated by a colorful group of fellow Georgian immigrants and working for a moving company. And Soso owes $14,000 to a local mob boss.

Winner of the Best International Film Award at the 2021 Tribeca Festival, Brighton 4^th is a bittersweet study of family, community and masculinity. Following the success of Blind Dates (Haifa IFF, 2014), Levan Koguashvili’s new film is infused with tragicomic moment, compassion and melancholy.

Filmography: Blind Dates (2013), Street Days (2010).

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Director Levan Koguashvili
Production Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Michel Merkt, Kateryna Merkt
Script Boris Frumin
Cinematography Phedon Papamichael
Editing Sasha Frumin, Davit Kiknadze, Elene Asatiani
Actors Gonzalo Cunill, Iñigo Martínez, Núria Lloansi, Núria Prims
Festivals Tribeca 2021 (Best International Film Award, Best Actor, Best Screenplay(, Karlovy Vary
Source Loco Films, Paris