Street Days
{{short description|2010 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Street Days
| image = Street Days.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Levan Koguashvili
| producer = Levan Korinteli
Archil Gelovani
Gia Bazgadze
| writer = Levan Koguashvili
Boris Frumin
Nikoloz Marri
| starring = Guga Kotetishvili
| music = Rezo Kiknadze
| cinematography = Archil Akhvlediani
| editing = Nodar Nozadze
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|1|20}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = Georgia
| language = Georgian
| budget =
}}
Street Days ({{lang-ka|ქუჩის დღეები}}, translit. Kuchis dgeebi) is a 2010 Georgian drama film directed by Levan Koguashvili. The film was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118025142.html?categoryid=1982&cs=1&query=Georgia+Oscars |title=Georgia sends 'Street Days' to the Oscars |accessdate=6 October 2010|work=Variety |date=5 October 2010}} but didn't make the final shortlist.{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |accessdate=19 January 2011|work=oscars.org}}
Cast
- Guga Kotetishvili - Chekie
- Zura Begalishvili - Lado
- Gaga Chikhladze - Gurami
- Eka Chkheidze - Zaza's Wife
- Levan Jividze - Vaso
- Paata Khetaguri - Ero
- Dato Kinghuradze - Maca
- Giorgi Kipshidze - Jaba
- Rusiko Kobiashvili - Nini
- Zaza Kolelishvili - Sano
- Irakli Loladze - Givi
- Nikoloz Marri - Nika
- Tamriko Melikishvili - Luiza
- Irakli Ramishvili - Ika
- Zaza Salia - Tengo
- Zura Sharia - Zaza Cheishvili
- Merab Yolbaia - Dito
Reviews
“…in the gritty, low-key realism of its strong performances, "Street" finds an absorbing mix of comic anguish and twisted hope—especially in the devastating self-knowledge of Kotetishvili's gaze.” – The Hollywood Reporter{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/street-days-film-review-29752|title=Street Days Film Review - Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=15 August 2011}}
“Georgian cinema has a new star in director Levan Koguashvili, whose superb neorealist drama, "Street Days," is just the calling card the beleaguered country needs. Stylistically and thematically reminiscent of new Romanian cinema, the pic plumbs the contentious, corrupt and crumbling social landscape of Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, while following a down-at-the-heels heroin addict struggling to protect a friend's son from corrupt cops. Lensed with impressive assurance and boasting powerful perfs from a combo of established pros and non-pros, "Street Days" looks poised to lead a Georgian renaissance spearheaded by fests and advancing into the arthouse circuit.” –Variety{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942096?refcatid=2535|title=Street Days Film Review - Variety |accessdate=15 August 2011|first=Jay|last=Weissberg|date=7 February 2010}}
“Levan Koguashvili’s feature debut is a well-crafted, hard-edged look at life in contemporary Tbilisi which is much more refined and profound than the scenes of ethnic strife which 24-hour-news organisations loop from Georgia.” –Screen Daily{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/street-days-quchis-dgeebi/5010544.article|title= Street Days Film Review - Screen Daily |accessdate=15 August 2011}}
“Mr. Koguashvili and his director of photography, Archil Akhvlediani, use the narrow streets and weathered buildings of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, to great pictorial effect.” –The New York Times{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/movies/20street.html?_r=1|title=Street Days Film Review - NY Times |accessdate=15 August 2011|work=The New York Times|first=Mike|last=Hale|date=19 January 2011}}
Awards
- Rotterdam International Film Festival - Tiger Award
- Edinburgh Film Festival - Rosebud Section
- goEast Film Festival - Golden Lily, Best Film
- Montreal World Film Festival - Focus on World Cinema
- European Film Festival Palić - Tolerance Award{{cite web |url=http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/new-releases/now-playing/street-days-quchis-dgeebi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419194441/http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/new-releases/now-playing/street-days-quchis-dgeebi.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 April 2011 |title=Street Days- Film Catalogue, The Global Film Initiative |accessdate=15 August 2011}}
See also
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|1543701|Street Days}}
{{Georgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film}}