Patient#1

Year
2023
Director
- Rezo Gigineishvili
Producers
- Archil Gelovani
- Sergey Yahontov
Genre
Drama
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Werner Herzog Film Award 2023
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33 Cottbus Film Festival
Special Prize for best director
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023
Best Production Design
About the film
Late USSR. The General Secretary lies in the government clinic. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. “The power is taken, it is never given away,” he repeats. And various groups are scoring their political points while the “body” is alive. Sasha, a fragile invisible nurse bears a heavy burden of responsibility for the life of the “sentenced to life” official.
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Written by
Aleksandr Rodionov, Rezo Gigineishvili
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DOP
Piotr Bratersky
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Starring
Aleksandr Filippenko, Olga Makeeva, Sergey Gilev, Igor Chernevich, Inna Churikova, Vladimir Steklov, Maria Shalaeva, Irina Kupchenko
Press
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‘Patient #1,’ About a Soviet Leader’s Fall From Power, Wins Werner Herzog Film Award
Variety
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The German director is championing Georgian film-maker Rezo Gigineishvili’s movie about the dying days of the USSR.
The Guardian
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“The latest film from Georgian-born director Rezo Gigineishvili (Hostages) is a mirthless farce, a striking and all-too-pertinent tragicomic study of decaying power structures and the desperate, behind-the-scenes wrangling of a failing state”.
Screendaily
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“A complex, multi-layered metaphor of seemingly old times that still feel very true and relevant, while masterfully orchestrating a wonderful ensemble of actors”.
Film News Europe
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With his latest feature, Rezo Giginieshvili has something to say about the past, the present and the never-changing nature of power that cannot be given away.
Cineeuropa
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“Creepy allegory of Soviet authoritarianism and political delusion is aesthetically and narratively compelling”
DMovies
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