"Georgia-Film Studio" "Robinsonada or my English Grandfather" "Anna, what would you say in Georgian for "I love you"?" "Christopher Hughes was killed in 1922." "By whom?" "Why?" "To me, his grandson, it had been a mystery for many years." ""Robinsonada" - that's what I called my symphony dedicated to" "Christopher Hughes, my grandfather." "It is a musical fantasy, my vision of the life of an English telegraph engineer in Georgia." "Your revolver." "My beloved country, why are you so sad?" "If you're unlucky today, maybe you'll have luck tomorrow?" "Stop, stop, stop." "What do you have written here?" "A flat." "It's wrong." "It should be 'natural'." "Everything's right here." "Let's start again from number 28." "I fired." "I fired at his women." "I was very jealous when they came here." "That woman must go away." "Or I shall fire." "Those women were called" ""Christmas presents from the Telegraph Company"." "Hughes got angry with me, he said it wasn't polite to refuse them." "And I threw his presents out in the street." "This is a map of the world." "Here is London, and here is Delhi." "In the late last century, the telegraph was invented, and later, the telephone." "To connect London with its largest colony, India, the Royal Line London-Delhi was built, which stretched through many countries of Europe and Asia, including Georgia." "And British telegraph engineers began arriving in Georgia, to look after the parts of the territory entrusted to them." "Why aren't you dressed?" "I'm ready." "The contracts were signed for 3 years." "Christopher Hughes got a small patch on Georgia's territory." "Is this that revolver?" "Take the gun away." "We are not going to fire here, are we?" "I'm against this kind of music." "I know perfectly well what concrete music is." "But what if we need the effect of cannon?" "Must we bring a cannon to a concert hall?" "And the horse's neighing?" "Sit down and rewrite the score once again." "And here's our compartment." "Shall I record this hissing?" "I don't know." "There's the composer running about." "Ask him." "Tell me whether I should record this hissing or not?" "Leave me alone." "And here's our compartment." "Tell me about Georgia." "Georgia is the sun, the mountains, the sea, songs and grapes." "And charming girls, right?" "Are there tigers in Georgia?" "No, no tigers." "Too bad." "I took my Winchester rifle along, in the hope of tiger hunting." "In our forests, there're pheasants, hares, wolves and bears." "Have you ever met them?" "I knew right away that Anna took a liking for Hughes." "She was even making eyes at him." "I didn't like him very much, though he was gallant:" "At every stop he bought flowers for us." "Anna!" "Anna!" "Mister Hughes, please, quickly!" "Help, please!" "After a number of adventures, Hughes had arrived in Georgia." "Hughes's predecessor, Alan Murphy, described Georgia to him as follows." "The climate here is wonderful." "The people are hospitable." "The women are 'untouchable'." "But even among them you can find madcaps." "Dear Mother and Father," "I'm taking the opportunity to send you my voice." "That opportunity was extended to me by an agent of the Telegraph Company." "I'm pleased with the zone." "I'm well." "Every day I'm checking a 10-kilometer line." "Often I'm accompanied by two charming girls, Anna and Lisa, who sing beautifully." "Mother, listen to us singing a Georgian song." "My beloved country," "why are you so sad?" "If you're not lucky today, maybe you'll have luck tomorrow?" "The British Telegraph Company often sent to its telegraph engineers a so-called phaeton of love." "Why are you interested in Hughes?" "Is he some Chaplin, a Rudolfo Valentino or Douglas Fairbanks?" "I have nothing to say about Hughes." "Let her tell it all." "I only know that we somehow relieve the loneliness of the British boys scattered around the world." "They say that a new life was invented in Russia, and beggars moved into palaces." "Have you heard anything about it?" "Come here." "Tell them about Hughes." "What can I tell?" "He's got a wench in the village." "Go and ask her." "I wish she looked like a woman." "She's skinny, ugly, and fires a pistol." "A country girl, she doesn't realize that I'm working, not enjoying myself." "Engrossed in his business, Hughes took no notice of what was going on in the land where he was a temporary guest." "The Menshevist Georgia was welcoming its saviors, the army of the League of Nations." "Hello, Mister Hughes." "Good afternoon, Miss Lisa." "How are you, Anna." "Are you angry at me?" "Yes, I'm guilty before you." "Where're you going?" "I have to work for a while." "How could you catch cold in such heat?" "I don't know." "What are you doing?" "Wrap it up, and you'll get well." "Thank you." "The earth must be rammed here." "I can't find time to do it." "Come here." "Hello." "Sit down." "These nuts are for you." "So we're sitting now on the British soil?" "I already told you that the ground round each telegraph pole within a radius of 3 meters is British." "It's been bought by King George in all the territory from England to India." "The grass, the stones, and the snail - it's all British." "And what if a crow alights on a pole?" "It alights and becomes a British crow." "It flies away and becomes a Georgian one." "When you go to Kutaisi for study, go far away, fly away from these poles, from me, you'll forget all that was between us." "It will be very hard for me without you." "The revolution had won in Georgia." "The line London-Delhi in the Georgian Republic stopped working." "The Company had recalled British telegraph engineers back home." "The wire about the recall had not reached Christopher Hughes." "Anna's brother, Nestor Neoradze, was returning to the village of Sio." "Together with his friends, he was coming to build a new life." "This is Lavrenti Mgeladze, the owner of the Sio village land." "Do not approach." "Hard times began for Mgeladze." "He received a letter." "A bomb was planted in the clock." "It's Nestor and his jokes." "But this time Nestor wasn'tjoking." "Lavrenti was banished from the village." "Peace among nations, freedom, equality, brotherhood - that's what the revolution is about." "Listen to its voice with your heart and your mind." "The hydra of imperialism is trying to suffocate the working class." "But we won't let anyone do it." "I won't let anyone insult the honour of the great Britain." "You understand?" " Who is he?" " An English telegraph engineer." "Hello." "Are you Christopher Hughes?" "Meet my friends." "I'm the chairman of the village commune, Nestor Neoradze." " How much do you weigh, Hughes?" " 80 kilos." "And I weigh 86." "Doesn't it frighten you?" "Why should I be frightened?" "Because it's a big handicap." "You want to box with me?" "Why not?" "Are you against it?" "No, as you wish." "Let's begin, then." "Godi will be our referee." "Start the clock." "I don't know the rules of classical boxing well, but my punch is strong." "I've warned you, Hughes, I've got a strong punch." "Maybe I broke some rules, dear Hughes?" "How about another round?" "Of course, even two." "Well, let's begin." "Time." "Did you come here to beat me?" "Yes." "What for?" "For the world proletarian revolution." "Do you recognize this man?" "He's an agitator." "He goes around villages, agitating for the new life." "And you're tearing down our posters." "Who are you?" "You sit here like a mouse in a hole." "Smoking English cigars." "And you have no idea what's going on in the world." "I know nothing about your revolution, and I don't want to know about it." "Hughes, I've been to Britain, studying to be a veterinarian." "Really?" "Today we talked like gentlemen." "But remember, if tomorrow you don't get packed" "and go back home, I'm warning you" "I'll kick your ass out." "Hughes, we've been waiting for you." "What's up?" "Your luggage has been packed, it's time to go." "Is this an order?" "Yes, it's an order." "My dear veterinarian, incidentally, I'm serving for the Royal Telegraph Company, not your revolution." "My dear telegraph engineer, I'll see you to the nearest station, and I hope you'll deem it a great honour." "Take my luggage off the car." "Get in." "Keep your hands off me." "Hughes, where're you going?" "What are you doing?" "Hughes, wait!" "Stop, Hughes!" "Stop!" "Halt, I'm going to shoot." "Are you crazy?" "Why are you firing?" "Where are you running?" "Do not trespass." "I'm in England." "Where?" "Tell your friends to bring my luggage." "There's a document in the bag, which says that a 3-meter patch round each pole belongs to England." "So I'm in England." "I found that document." "Three meters of the earth round each pole have been bought by King George." "Along the entire telegraph line London-Delhi." "Thank you." " What is he talking about?" " Yes, there's such a law." "All right, we won't declare war on you." "Go on, live in your England." "But you're banished from the village, you'll never come back there." " We're notjoking." " Leave him alone, let him live." "Put down his luggage and let's go." "Hurry up." "Everything's here." "Careful." "It's so silly." "What am I going to do here?" "I've got 30 bullets." "No, I'll return to the village." "I'll fight for my house." "My house is my fortress." "At night he had a strange dream." "Good morning, Hughes." "Nestor, what does it mean?" "Did you sleep well?" "Put the bed down." "Unbind me, I'll walk myself." "Does your revolution have nothing else to do but banish me from the village?" "Of course it has." " Why is it so cruel to me?" " Cruel?" "We're literally carrying you from Georgia to England." "Isn't that right, Hughes?" "You've got a splendid sense of humour." "With your permission, I'll cross the border of England." "Welcome." "And I, with your permission, will go on sleeping." " Good night, Hughes." " Thank you." "Yes, I repeat, the line London-Delhi on the territory of the Georgian Republic has been annulled." "All the telegraph engineers left for England." "You're lying, Nestor." "You're taking advantage of your strength and power because I tore down your poster." "I told you everything, Hughes." "Go on, live in your England." "But from today don't you set foot in the village." "And don't you set foot in England!" "Next morning, Hughes bought a donkey from horse-herds that were passing by, and named him Friday." "Why don't you obey my order?" "Dear Nestor, you said that I mustn't set foot in the village." "As you can see, it's not my but the donkey's feet walk on your land." "I begin to like him." "Red Commune" "It's all clear here, in the score." "And what should be the nuance from number 3?" "Two measures before number 3, begin softly, two pianos." "Here starts the theme of loneliness." "Hughes did not believe Nestor about the annulment of the London-Delhi line." "The Statutes of the Telegraph Company stated:" ""Despite any hindrances, be it an earthquake, a flood, or the change of local government, the supervisor shall carefully watch the patch of territory entrusted to him."" "And Hughes, as a conscientious employee, strictly followed that paragraph." "In his loneliness, he often dreamed of Anna." "Where did you come from, girls?" "Anna, you know I've missed you so much." "Me, too." "Anna, what does your brother want from me?" "I don't know." "Tell me, Hughes, what Georgia means to you?" "It's the sun, the sea, songs, beautiful girls, right?" "Have you ever thought of how people live in this land and why we drove away Lavrenti Mgeladze?" "But why did you drive me away?" "We've come to stretch a friendly hand of help to the English proletariat." "I'm so far from you." "I see." "You just don't want it." "Too bad." "Anna, I can't live without you." "Faster, Hughes." "They're catching up." "At what time does the Sio-London train depart?" "At 17:45." "Then we'll catch up with them." "Hello." "I'm Lavrenti Mgeladze." "Your ancestors and my ancestors, Hughes, when they learned about the evil going on in the world, they took up arms and went to fight it." "There's evil around us." "Let's not forget our ancestors' behests." "Your gun." "You will need it." "They want to destroy the whole world, turn it upside down, and build their new world on its ruins." "Why are they so sure they're right?" "I had everything, and they took everything away." "They do not recognize rules and customs that have existed for centuries." "They're building their own world." "They did it in Russia." "They did it in Georgia." "Tomorrow, they'll do it in England." "You can see, Hughes, how times are changing." "Yesterday Nestor was hiding, and today I have to roam the woods." "Nestor says that the London-Delhi telegraph line has been annulled." "If he has his way, he'll annul your entire England." "After I was banished," "I went to Turkey." "I though I could get up on my feet." "But Istanbul had finished me off." "I was sinking to the bottom." "I dreamed of dying." "Just imagine a dirty hotel room in Istanbul." "I wanted to hang myself." "Nestor, I'll avenge myself." "I'll destroy you." "Why didn't you shoot?" " I don't know." "I just couldn't." " You're a coward." "I'm not a coward." "I just couldn't fire." "I was watching you." "You had the chance to kill him." "He brainwashed you with his talking." "It's clear that he began to paint you red, too." "I warned you that soon they would get to your England." "Give me the revolver." "You coward." "I'll kill him myself." "We, the priests of St. George Monastery, have come to you to find out what awaits us in the future." "There is sedition in the monastery." "Many have left it." "Others have locked up themselves in cells, waiting for the Red Communards, about whom the rumours are contradictory." "Dear Nestor, we believe in your good intentions, and therefore, we address a question to you." "What faith do you preach to us?" "Comrades." "Today I invited here Fathers ioram, Luke, Anisim, the respected Mullah Hussein in order to answer a question that worries them." "What future awaits us?" "And I'm answering you with confidence that it will be beautiful and happy." "Comrades, with great joy and pleasure, we shall accept everyone who would like to join our commune." "I know that you locked up yourselves in your cells, fearing the Red Revolution." "But if Christ and Mahomet were sitting with us now, they would have confirmed that it is the future we're building that they dreamed of for humankind." "Vano Chkheidze here is serving a miracle which is called cinema." "Now he's going to show us our happy future." "Breaking the way" "You must have a lot of enemies?" "Every great cause has enemies." "Your intentions are good." "Though when we were approaching the village, we met a man at a telegraph pole." "He looked quite miserable." "He's an odd person." "We're playing a kind of game with him." "He didn't complain, but he looked so lonely." "I know, he's a stubborn, but good man." "I'll certainly go to him." "Don't leave him all alone." "I'll be praying for you." "I promise." "Anna, when did you arrive?" "Where's Hughes?" "What have you done with him?" "We joked a little with him, but what do you have to do with it?" "Where's your humanity?" "Driving out a man in such cold!" " Where're you going?" " To Hughes." "I'll show you Hughes!" "Go home." "Stop dragging me." "Go." "I'll go to him anyway." " Calm down." " Wait, father." "Stop your strumming." "Don't yell at the child." "Who is that Englishman?" "What's going on?" "It turns out she's in love with him." "I have so many things to do." "That's all what I need." "How shall I speak to her?" "I don't know." " He's cold!" " He's feeling fine." "He's living in normal field conditions." "If he were really cold, he would've come to me to make peace." "Calm down." "I would have welcomed him." "Calm down." "I'm not some beast." "I respect his pride, which you, by the way, have completely lost." "Leave her alone." " I'll go to him anyway." " You hear that bitch?" "Why aren't you sleeping?" "He said to me, "I love you."" "Any Georgian in my place would have shot both of you." "But I respect my sister's choice, though I would've thrashed this shameless girl with great pleasure." "Get up you two." "Let's go home." "Don't approach me, girl, don't." "I didn't mean to." "Palace of the Georgian Peasant" "I don't even remember for how long I've been hiding in this workshop." "I don't even know from whom I'm hiding." "I can't understand those people." "They talk of the new life, of brotherhood, friendship and justice." "What's new about it?" "Where's justice in it?" "To me, the justice was that I killed Nestor." "And Hughes?" "Why did I kill him?" "I don't know." "He was running at me with a gun." "In fact, Nestor was going to make him Red." "I've brought something for repairs." "Do you recognize it?" "I do." "It has a firing-pin dislodged." "It's going to fire now." "No one heard the shot." "Georgia was celebrating the fifth anniversary of Soviet power." "Stop, stop." "Enough of that music." "For the finale, let's begin the theme of Anna and Hughes." "My whole life flashed by like one instant." "My beloved country, why are you so sad?" "If you're not lucky today, maybe you'll have luck tomorrow?" "Starring" "Jenri Lolashvili Nineli Chankvetadze" "Guram Pirtskhalava Elgudzha Burduli" "Rosodam Bulkvadze Tiko Eleosidze" "Screenplay by Irakli Kvirikadze" "Directed by Nana Dzhordzhadze" "Cinematography by Levan Paatashvili" "Production Designer Vakhtang Rurua" "Music by Enri Lolashvili"