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Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, they are backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. The couple hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek, and the three set off into a stunning wilderness, a landscape that is both overwhelmingly open and frighteningly closed. Walking for hours, they trade anecdotes, play games to pass the time of moving through space. And then, a momentary misstep, a gesture that takes only two or three seconds, a gesture that's over almost as soon as it begins. But once it is done, it can't be undone. Once it is done, it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and about themselves. All the while, they are not alone. They are always with the guide, who witnesses their every move. The film plays off the relationship between young travelers and the places they travel to, between guide and guided. But at heart, it is a love story -- a tale about betrayal, both accidental and deliberate, about masculinity, failure and the ambiguities of forgiveness.
Original Release
05/25/2012
US Release
10/25/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hani Furstenberg | Nica |
Gael García Bernal | Alex |
Bidzina Gujabidze | Dato |
Tali Pitakhelauri | Guesthouse Mom |
Tako Pitakhelauri | Guesthouse Girl |
Ani Kushashvili | Guesthouse Girl |
Kati Jamarjashvili | Guesthouse Girl |
Nino Pitakhelauri | Guesthouse Teen Girl |
Khatia Kushashvili | Guesthouse Teen Girl |
Taira Pitakshelauri | Guesthouse Grandma |
Directors
Writers
Tom Bissell, Mikhail Lermontov, Julia Loktev
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hani Furstenberg | Nica |
Gael García Bernal | Alex |
Bidzina Gujabidze | Dato |
Tali Pitakhelauri | Guesthouse Mom |
Tako Pitakhelauri | Guesthouse Girl |
Ani Kushashvili | Guesthouse Girl |
Kati Jamarjashvili | Guesthouse Girl |
Nino Pitakhelauri | Guesthouse Teen Girl |
Khatia Kushashvili | Guesthouse Teen Girl |
Taira Pitakshelauri | Guesthouse Grandma |
Amiran Gudrshauri | Kebab Seller |
Joni Khueishivili | Drunk Man |
Dato Taiklauri | Dancing Guy |
Lado Gudushauri | Dancing Guy |
Gin Takiklauri | Dancing Guy |
Nino Jorjadze | Dancing Girl |
Tamuna Sudjashvili | Cafe Waitress |
Dodo Sudjashvili | Cafe Waitress |
Shalva Kirikashvili | Man With Gun |
Giorgi Gudushauri | Older Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dallas Brennan | Executive Producer |
Shelby Alan Brown | Executive Producer |
Chris Gilligan | Executive Producer |
Hunter Gray | Executive Producer |
Gregory P. Shockro | Executive Producer |
Rabinder Sira | Executive Producer |
Helge Albers | Producer |
Nika Apriashvili | Producer |
Roshanak Behesht Nedjad | Producer |
Marie Therese Guirgis | Producer |
Tao Hong | Producer |
Lars Knudsen | Producer |
Jana Sardlishvili | Producer |
Jay Van Hoy | Producer |