Day Is Longer Than Night

Day Is Longer Than Night
Directed by	Lana Gogoberidze
Written by	Lana Gogoberidze Zaira Arsenishvili
Starring	Daredjan Kharshiladze
Cinematography	Nugzar Erkomaishvili
Music by	Giya Kancheli
Release date	May 1984 (1984-05)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	Soviet Union (Georgia)
Language	Georgian

Day Is Longer Than Night (Georgian: დღეს ღამე უთენებია) is a 1984 Georgian drama film directed by Lana Gogoberidze. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

The film tells the story of a woman's difficult fate. For eighty years Eva spent her life in a Georgian mountain village. There she married Georgiy the shepherd, who soon died, possibly murdered. After this she married Spyridon out of compassion for his lonesome, gloomy lost soul. In her native village Eva lived through the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, the NEP and the collectivization.

And now Eva lives in a deserted village. Most of the villagers move to the city where living is simpler and easier and life is always seething. And even the mother of Eva's beloved grandson who has come from the city, wants to take him away with her. But the boy remains with his grandmother who believes that the village where their ancestors lived will be reborn.

Cast

• Daredjan Kharshiladze as young Eva
• Tamara Skhirtladze as old Eva
• Guram Pirtskhalava as Spyridon, Eva's husband
• Irakli Khizanishvili as Archil, professional revolutionary
• Guram Palavandishvili as Georgiy the shepherd, Eva's husband
• Leo Pilpani as Eva's father
• Akaki Khidasheli as Mnate
• Guranda Gabunia as Daredzhan, Spyridon's daughter
• Sofiko Arsenishvili as Daredzhan in childhood
• Nika Khazaradze as Georgiy, Daredzhan's young son
• Grigol Talakvadze as Mito, fellow villager
• Natia Gogochuri as "puritan", prostitute

External links

• Day Is Longer Than Night at IMDb