There Once Was a Singing Blackbird

There Once Was a Singing Blackbird

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Release Date

12/6/1970

Runtime

78 mins

Overview

Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never staying still for five minutes. However, he always manages to arrive at the theater just in time to play the drums at the end of the ballet.

Status

Released

Original Language

Georgian

Budget

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Revenue

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A gentle, jazz-inflected portrait of a charming scatterbrain drifting through Tbilisi, always on the move, always arriving just in time, caught between the pull of responsibility and the allure of living without constraints.

Mood

PlayfulWhimsicalBittersweet

Themes

Coming of ageFreedomFamily

Tone

Playful

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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