Wet Sand (2021)
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Bebe Sesitashvili, Gia Agumava, Megi Kobaladze, Giorgi Tsereteli
When Moe returns to her Georgian Black Sea village to arrange her grandfather’s funeral, his hidden homosexuality and the village’s homophobic traditions unsettle the local order.
The story
In a small Georgian village on the Black Sea, Eliko’s death brings his granddaughter Moe back from Tbilisi to arrange his funeral. There, she is confronted with his hidden homosexuality, while his death and her return unsettle a village order shaped by traditionalism and homophobia. When villagers refuse to allow Eliko to be buried, Moe’s only allies are Amnon, Eliko’s secret lover, and Fleshka, a local barmaid who is also regarded as not fully belonging to the community. Moe relies on them as she tries to secure a burial for her grandfather.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
One day, in a small Georgian village on the Black Sea, Eliko is found hanged; he has died by suicide. His granddaughter, Moe, returns from Tbilisi to arrange his funeral and is confronted with his hidden homosexuality. Eliko’s death and Moe’s arrival will disrupt the village’s unspoken order, steeped in traditionalism and homophobia. Moe’s only allies in her efforts to have her grandfather buried, which the villagers refuse to allow, are Amnon, Eliko’s secret lover, and Fleshka, the local barmaid, who is also considered not to fully belong to the local community.
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