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Pirosmani

Name: Pirosmani
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1969
Duration: 85 min

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1969 · 85 min · Drama

This luminous, painterly biography evokes the life of the self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani, who traded his now-treasured canvases to tavern keepers for food and drink and died in poverty. A film composed like a series of living pictures.

Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Drama · History
Mood: thoughtful · dark
Entry: easy entry
Best for: first visit · shorter watch · film history

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Part of 10 Essential Georgian Films

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Georgia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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