"PIROSMANI" "Written by" "Erlom AKHVLEDIANI Georgy SHENGELAYA" "Directed by Georgy SHENGELAYA" "Director of Photography K. APRYATIN" "Production Designers A. VARAZI, V. ARABIDZE" "Music by V. KUKHIANIDZE" "English Subtitles by T. Kameneva" "Starring Avtandil VARAZI" "Also starring David ABASHIDZE" "Zurab KAPIANIDZE Teimuraz BERIDZE" "Boris TSIPURIA Shota DAUSHVILI" "Maria GVARAMADZE Nino SETURIDZE" "Rozalia MINCHIN Guivi ALEKSANDRIA" "Alexander REKHVIASHVILI Amir KAKABADZE" "GEORGIA-FILM Studio" "Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them," ""Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her." "Loose them and bring them to Me." "And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say," "'The Lord has need of them.'"" "So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them." "They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them." "And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?"" "For ten years we were growing up together." "I loved him like a brother." "I taught him to read and write." "And he wrote a love letter to me." "He tried to kiss me." "Is this the right thing to do?" "He knew he mustn't do it." "Why?" "He himself destroyed our friendship." "So you`re leaving, Nikolo?" "Yes, ma'am, I can't sit at home any longer." "And where are you going, my son?" "To the city, ma'am." "You'd better go to the village, instead of the city, Nikolo." "You have a sister there." "You could manage the farm." "I'm no good at farming, ma'am." "Before she died, your mother asked us to look after you." "Aren't you happy here?" "I got to go to the city, ma'am." "Well, if you've made up your mind, go then." "May the Saint George protect you." "Hello." "Call the innkeeper." "All right." "Shalva." "Hello." "Hello, hello." "Please, come on in." "You haven't visited us for quite a while." "You're right." "Please, be seated." "This is a painter, he's my friend." "He came from a faraway country." "So don't disappoint us." "I'll do my best." "Hurry up." "To your repast." "May the Lord send you all the best." "What is this?" "It's a giraffe." "The giraffe has died." "He couldn't survive in Tiflis' climate." "Who painted it?" "Nikolo, the wall painter." "Don't you know him?" "Everybody knows him here." "He's tall and skinny like a dried fish." "It's him who's painted up all Tiflis taverns." " Where's he now?" " I can't tell." "Haven't seen him for a long time." "I'm not even sure if he's still alive." "Maybe he's already dead." "He had many friends in Sands, go and talk to them." "They'll tell you where and how he is." "Niko had his own shop once." "But a man's life is like a small boat in the sea, it goes whichever way the wind blows." "Do you have more of his pictures?" "Of course I have." "How are you, dear?" "Oh, Nikolo!" "When did you arrive?" "C'mon, show me my goddaughter." "Sona." "A real angel." "She didn't let her godfather down." " And where's Dimitri?" " He'll be here any minute." "Your Dimitri is cheating on you." "He's got a mistress." "It's the talk of the town." "Who will ever want him?" "I'll go put the samovar on." "I was kidding, dear, don't bear a grudge." " You know who I am?" " My godfather." "Hello, Nikolo." "Hello, Dimitri." "You've come for long?" "I came to see you." "I need your advice." " Are you going to get married?" " Who would want me?" "What is it, then?" "I've been on wheels for 3 years now." "I got tired of the rumble of the train." "It's much nicer to hear the locomotive's whistle from afar." "I've saved a little money." "You're my kin." "I'm your Sona's godfather." "I got no one closer than you in this town." "Let's open a shop and sell goods." "Life will be easier for you, too." "And I'll become somebody." " Where will we get the money?" " I said I got some money." "We'll get rich and I'll build myself a wooden house, up on the hill, with a good view of the town." "I'll buy a big samovar." "You'll come to visit." "We'll be drinking tea and recalling those times." "What else does a man need?" "What is this for?" "Why?" "It's them who give us cheese, milk and butter." "People will say, "Niko and Dimitri have cows painted on their shop."" "And they will come more often." " Did you paint it?" " Yes, me." "Give me time and I'll paint for you reindeer with big beautiful antlers." "Here comes our first customer." "A head of cheese, butter, yogurt and honey in combs." "Eighty kopecks." "Goodbye." "Take care." " You know who's that man?" " No, I don't." "He's Prince Magashvili's cook." "The milk is pouring out, Niko." "Just a minute." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Whose grass is this?" "Sell it to me." "What do you need it for?" "I haven't been to the village for so long, dear." "I'll spread it and lie down on it." "It'll feel pleasant." "This way we'll get no profit." "Don't you urge me on, dear." "I'm selling as I can." "What do you want?" "I guess you want it on credit again?" "Nikolo, you're a kind man." "My son is coming tomorrow, he'll pay you up." "So come tomorrow." "He'll be selling tomorrow." "Get up, Nikolo." "Wake up." "How can you sleep on damp dirt?" "Get up, Nikolo, your sister's here to see you." "How did you find me?" "We were asking people about you." "And they sent us here." "So they know where my shop is." "They sure do." "Everybody in town knows you." "I haven't seen you for ages." "How are you?" "Are the children all right?" "So far they are, thank God." "But we live in want and darkness, slaving away." "You're glad we came, aren't you?" "Of course I am." "I brought a little of my own wine." "But nothing more, I'm sorry." "We had a bad harvest this year." "Wait, I'll be right back." "My brother must've got rich." "See what a business he has?" "Yes." "Why don't you tell your brother to buy some flour for us here?" "I'll sell it in the village." "We'll profit, and he won't be at a loss." "We were talking about you." "How matured you've got, so efficient." "And what did you think?" "But you don't ask why we came here." "Rich or poor, you're still my brother." "I'm your sister, your own flesh and blood." "What concerns you, concerns me, too." "That's right." "Money isn't everything, you have to leave something to remember you by." "I don't get what you're driving at." "Man's life is as short as a donkey's tail." "Your time has come." "What time?" "Time for you to get married." "Any girl will be happy to marry you." "Only don't take some city poseur." "A wife should be modest and obliging, and she must come from your home village." "We happen to know such a girl." "You'll never lose her in bed." "They're coming!" "Coming!" "They're bringing the bride!" "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Welcome." "Be seated." "This glass we'll drink to the dove sitting on a branch and cooing." "And the second glass I shall drink to the pigeon that the wind carries to and fro, and then lands him next to that dove." "I'm going to kill my brother-in-law!" "I'll cut his throat with this dagger!" "Why are you yelling?" "What happened?" "Take the dagger away." "My relatives have deceived me." "They've squandered all my flour." "They talked me into getting married, they brought me a bride you'd be frightened to look at." "Your relatives deceived you?" "It serves you right." "That's how it turns out." "It means I couldn't come to terms with your mercenary world." "Then I don't need you, either!" "Go away, my dear!" "Good morning, Niko." "What would you like, mister cook?" "A head of cheese." "A pot of butter." "And honey in combs." " How much do I owe you?" " Five rubles." "I used to pay 80 kopecks for this." "And now it's like this." "Everything's different here now." "If you agree, put the money on the counter." "If not, the door of my shop is always open." "You can go out as you came in." "Hello, Nikolo." "Where have you been?" "Tomorrow my son is coming, and he'll pay you up for everything." "Maybe something happened to him, he hasn't been coming for so long?" "Maybe you know something, Nikolo?" "Don't be shy, mother, take whatever you want." "Your son will come soon." "Come in, take everything." "Give me your hand, I'll pour you some." "You love honey, don't you?" "You've closed your shop?" "Yes, I have." "Will you sell me your pictures?" "Why not?" " How much do you want for them?" " As much as you can give." "You said you know where the graves of Queen Tamar and Rustaveli are?" "Only don't tell anyone about it." "Or some impious man may learn it and defile the holy places." "My grandfather showed me a rock." "That rock has a crevice." "If you manage to go through it, you'll see a valley with an everlasting day, where the sun never sets." "That's where their graves are." "Let's go now and find those graves." "It's nighttime, Nikolo." "Where shall we go?" "Let's drink to those who've been wronged by life, to the unfortunate, to widows and orphans, to the wretched," "to everybody who's suffering in this world." "May the Lord help them." "To justice, honor and humanity." "What?" "You like our Niko's pictures?" "Very much." "I would buy this one if you agree to sell." "But we would like to see the painter himself and help him." "Don't offer Niko money." "He used to have some, but he didn't value it." "He won't take it anyway, too proud." "For this, he's been nicknamed Count." "Do you know where he may be now?" "I don't know what to say..." "He's wandering about the city." "Nobody knows what wind is carrying him." "Food will do no good to a lone man." "Don't get bitter at the reverses of fortune." "Join us, let's drink together." "Bless our table, good man." "Or at least curse us." "What are you grieving about?" "What worm is eating out your heart?" "Share it with us." "We're human, too." "Maybe we'll understand you." "It's hard to go through a life alone." "To your wonderful company." "Do you want me to paint something?" "It's good you dropped by." "Paint something." "And I'll hang it on this chipped wall." " Like this?" " Yes, like this." " You want the wineskin here?" " Yes, the wineskin." "Shall I leave the cart?" "Leave it." "Where shall I put this barrel?" "The barrel?" "Over there." "I told you to make the bulls red." "So you want red bulls?" "You know what?" "You don't know anything about this." "Go behind your counter and sell." "Good afternoon." "Niko, enough of hanging about the streets." "Come to work for me." "I'll pay you, I'll give you a room and clothes." "Once a week you can go to the bathhouse." "And put the money in your moneybox." "When you're done with your work and have free time, you may paint as much as you wish, I won't mind." "I can't live in shackles." "Show us what you've done." "You've come, Nikolo?" "I worked a lot." "I need a rest now." "What are you thinking about, Nikolo?" "Have a drink, and that'll be it." "How much vodka am I supposed to drink in this life?" "Shall I drink it slower and be slaving longer, or drink it all in one take and thus bring my end closer?" "I can't decide what's better." "Drink up, Niko." "Drink and don't think about it." "Our whole life is a motley river." "One ought to go in step with it, uphill or downhill." "Otherwise you won't endure its adversities." "I understand all this." "But I can't live like other people do." "I got stuck in the throat of this cursed life." "It won't swallow me, nor let me go." "Why don't you get married?" "Your wife will be looking after you, you'll have children." "And you'll leave a trace in life." "Why don't you want to get married?" "No." "No." "I won't be able to stand a baby's crying." "I don't want either a wife or children." "I'll go and take a walk in the garden." "Pour me some vodka." "I'm choking." "These are the best paintings of our Niko." "For these princes who are drinking, one could easily pay thirty rubles." "And this is the actress Margarita." "The woman Nikolo was in love with." "What?" "They don't like our Niko's pictures?" "They must be thinking that they can paint better." "What's the matter?" "Why are you yelling?" "Let them get out of here!" "Vano." "This is Vano!" "Vano, what's the matter with you?" "Calm down." "Let go of me!" "They've got the whole world snared in their cobweb." "What's the matter, Vano?" "Did anybody hurt you?" "Leave me alone, for God's sake!" "Hello." "Hello." "Are you Niko Pirosmanashvili?" "Yes, it's me." "We've been looking for you, we've gone through the whole town." "We're artists, too." "We admire your work." "You've done so much in all this time." "Do you know that you're a great painter?" "Soon many will know your name." "Niko Pirosmanashvili." "Yes, Niko Pirosmanashvili." "Listen, let's go look for the graves of Queen Tamar and Shota." "Shall we?" "Of course we shall, Nikolo." "Do you remember where that crevice in the rock is?" "Yes, of course I remember." "I wish I could take just one look at their graves, at that valley where the sun never sets." "Let's drink again to these names, so sacred to us." "Fill it up." "I don't want to die now." "I want to live under this sun." "They already know about me in other countries." "My name will not be forgotten." "Who is Niko Pirosmanashvili here?" "See?" "He came for me." "Gentlemen, let me introduce to you Niko Pirosmanashvili, the painter who lives in our city, but, unfortunately, not yet known to us." "His works are quite varied." "He has painted up many of" "Tiflis restaurants, basements and taverns." "On their walls we can see Kakheti, hunting, celebrations," "Tiflis and Georgia's history," "Queen Tamar," "Georgy Saakadze, Shota Rustaveli." "Especially good are the artist's paintings of animals, beasts and birds, among which we can make a note of the deer, lion and giraffe." "We believe that his work deserves to be taken notice of, and, therefore, we want to gather all his paintings." "Maybe the painter himself would like to say something?" "You know, brothers..." "Let's build a big wooden house in the center of the city, so that it'd be close to everyone," "buy a samovar and get together, drinking tea" "and talking about art." "Attention." "Oh, Nikolo has come!" "Where have you been, brother, all this time?" "Come inside, Nikolo, take a rest." "When I come again next time," "I'll bring you an iron plough." "But don't lend it to the rich." "They're a cunning kind, they'll never return it." "Hello." "Hello." "Are they all yours?" "Yes, all mine." "May the Lord help you raise them." "Thank you." "Vano!" "Gola." "It's me, Niko." "The painter Nikolai." "What do I care?" "If you're Nikolai, be a Nikolai." "What's the matter, brothers?" "What's happened?" "Anything happened to me?" "They're mocking at you, Niko." "Look how they dressed you down." "They say you don't know how to paint by laws." "You have to study, my friend." "At your age, you can still create a lot." "So..." "They're laughing at me?" "What wrong did I do them?" "What is it they don't like about me?" "I wasn't asking them for anything, was I?" "It's them who promised me the moon and the stars." "I'll go on ploughing and sowing as I did before." "I've never had anyone bossing me, and I will never have." "I felt like painting, and I painted." "Saint George was standing over me with a whip." "Paint, Niko, he was saying, paint!" "Wasn't it so, Vano?" "Bego?" "My friends." "So from now on I'll have to wear this sackcloth?" "Did you come as my friend or enemy?" "Why should I be your enemy?" "I came as a friend." "My name is Lado." "I'm a painter." "Do you remember me?" "Please, have a seat over there." "This is where I live." "What can I treat you with?" "Maybe some bread?" "Or water?" "It's fresh and cool." "Unfortunately, I don't have any lemonade." "Thank you, I don't want anything." "Remember I visited you, the artists?" "I still don't understand whether you praised me or criticized." "You must have criticized me, as long as you laughed at me in the newspaper." "Don't think I bear a grudge." "Frankly, I forgot about it long ago." "And we haven't forgotten about you." "I've been looking for you, and, thank God, I've found you at last." "You say people still remember me." "Maybe, even like me." "Why wouldn't they like me?" "I did no wrong to anyone." "They're artists, but I'm an artist, too." "All Tiflis taverns have been painted by me." "Can any painter stand in the way of another?" "I love the sunrise, it gives me joy." "The moonlight always makes me sad." "No, I'll never be able to understand those artists." "They were talking of something else." "Your name is Lado, isn't it?" "Yes, Lado." "I want to give you the money that our painters collected for you." "It's not much, though." "But you can use it." "Buy some paints and everything you need for your work." "Now I'd like to say goodbye." "Stay for a while." "Or you know what?" "Better let's go to a tavern and have a drink." "I'm sorry, I don't drink." "Come on, let's go." "There's a good painting of mine hanging there." "It's disappeared." "Pour us two glasses of your best wine." "For me and my friend, the painter Lado." "You sold my picture, didn't you?" "I did, Nikolo." "Some stranger kept pestering me, so I gave it to him." "I think I'd better go." "Don't go, it's so nice being with you." "Though, no, you'd better go, it's late." "Why are you hiding, Nikolo?" "Did I... do any wrong to you?" "Life has rejected me, and I parted with you, scorning our kinship." "Your goddaughter is no more." "Sona is dead." "It means I bring no luck." "Nikolo." "We won't let you out of here until you paint something." "Everything you need for your work is over there, in the corner." "If you need something else, we'll pass it through the window." "I'm no good anymore, my hand won't obey me." "Don't be afraid, there're still three days before Easter." "You must make it." "Brothers." "We forgot about Niko." "Nikolo." "Nikolo!" "Christ has risen." "Has risen indeed." "Who's there?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm dying." "What are you talking about?" "Christ has risen." "It's Easter." "Get up." "The End"