Repentance

About Repentance

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible.

Repentance (1987) is a comedy film directed by Tengiz Abuladze. It runs 153 minutes and was released in May 1987.

Avtandil Makharadze takes the lead as Varlam Aravidze, Iya Ninidze as Guliko, Zeinab Botsvadze as Ketevan Barateli, and Ketevan Abuladze as Nino Barateli. Written by Nana Janelidze and Rezo Kveselava.

Shelv files it under corruption, depressing, empathetic, and satirical. American members can watch it on Klassiki.

Network, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan make useful companions to Repentance, all filed under authoritarian and political satire. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 72 TMDB voters.