Gondola
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Overview
A cable car connects a village in the mountains with a small town in the valley. Iva starts working at the cable car as an attendant. The cable car has two gondolas. When one gondola goes up, the other goes down. The gondolas meet each other halfway. The attendant of the other gondola is Nino. Iva and Nino meet each other as they drive past every half hour. They band together against their boss.
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Review
In some places on Earth, you have to choose a cable car over a bus or subway as a means of transportation. This film is set in the western mountainous region of Georgia where people have no choice but to rely on two cable cars that run up and down a steep valley every 30 minutes. When a relative who worked as a cable car driver passes away, Iva takes over and develops a crush on another driver Nino from afar. Their encounter every 30 minutes gradually develops from playful flirtation into love. In this film, a sweet fairy tale unfolding in a limited space, the director removes dialogue to allow his characters to express their emotions in different ways, such as playing a turn of chess every 30 minutes or playing the violin and trumpet. The music by the Icelandic singer-songwriter Sóley and British musician Malcolm Arison also adds charm to this quirky yet lovely film. (CHUN Jinsu)
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Credit
- DirectorVeit HELMER
- ProducerVeit HELMER,Tsiako ABESADZE, Noshre CHKHAIDZE
- ScreenplayVeit HELMER
- CinematographyGoga DEVDARIAN
- Production DesignBacho MAKHARADZE
- EditorJordanis KARAISARIDIS, Moritz GEISER, Nikoloz GULUA
- SoundMatz MÜLLER
- CastNini SOSELIA, Mathilde IRRMANN
Film Source
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Director
Veit HELMER
He studied film directing at HFF Munich and became famous with his cutting-edge short films Surprise (1995), Tour Eiffel (1994). His first feature film is Tuvalu (1999). He teaches at film schools in Prague, Beirut, Tbilisi, Djakarta and Almaty. His films won 155 awards altogether.
