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    WHERE TIME STOOD STILL

    Directed by Nino Benashvili
    Georgia/USA | 13 minutes | WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD

A widowed mother and daughter's ascetic life in an isolated village in the Caucasus mountains is interrupted by the arrival of a foreign traveler in need of shelter.

film details

Director: Nino Benashvili
Producers: Tamar Tvaradze, Nino Benashvili, Joecar Hanna, Natalie Remplakowski
Screenwriter: Nino Benashvili
Cinematographers: Shuli Huang
Editor: Nino Benashvili, Reuben Hamlyn
Music: Alexandra Funes
Cast: Keta Lortkipanidze, Tamar Mdinaradze, Jack Hubbell
Original Language Title: სადაც დრო იდგა
Country: Georgia/USA
Language: in Georgian and English with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 13 minutes
Contact Email: nb3232@nyu.edu
Website: https://www.ninobenashvili.com/copy-of-films-1

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