Georgian-Language Films (Study Guide) - Kin-Dza-Dza!, Late Marriage, Repentance, Ashik Kerib, 27 Missing Kisses, Mimino, a Chef in Love (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: Kin-Dza-Dza , Late Marriage, Repentance, Ashik Kerib, 27 Missing Kisses, Mimino, a Chef in Love, Robinsonada or My English Grandfather, Day Is Longer Than Night, April, the Migration of the Angel, Three Lives, Here Comes the Dawn. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kin-dza-dza (Russian: , translit. Kin-dzah-dzah ) was a 1986 Soviet comedy-science fiction film released by the Mosfilm studio and directed by Georgi Daneliya, with a story by Georgi Daneliya and Revaz Gabriadze. The movie was filmed in color, consists of two parts and runs for 135 minutes in total. The film is a dark and grotesque parody of human society and may be described as a dystopia. It depicts a desert planet, depleted of its resources, home to an impoverished dog-eat-dog society with extreme inequality and oppression. It is a cult film, especially in post-Soviet countries, and its humorous dialogue is frequently quoted. The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova," a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The Fiddler," a student from Georgia) are stranded due to an accidental encounter with an alien teleportation device. The movie describes their long quest to find a way back home. The natives of the planet appear human, with deceptively primitive-looking technology and a barbaric culture, which satirically resembles that of humans. They are telepathic; the only spoken words normally used in their culture are ku (koo) and kyu (kew), the latter being a swear word. However, the Plukanians are able to quickly adapt to understand and speak Russian (and Georgian too). The society of Pluke is divided into two categories: Chatlanians and ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=1941497