Roots

Jul 4, 1987

1h 27m

★ 5.7

Overview

In the hot summer of 1917, the nineteen-year-old peasant Georgy Zakareishvili left his village in search of work and, settling on a French ship, soon found himself in Paris, where he married a Frenchwoman. Modest wealth, beloved wife, sons and a faithful friend helped him to endure separation from his homeland. When the opportunity came to his homeland, George was already old and could not postpone the upcoming meeting with his native Georgia. He tried to convey his love to his grandson George: he sang folk songs, taught Georgian, talked about the people of his village. And now, in fulfillment of his grandfather’s orders, George the Younger took his ashes to his homeland...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cosmos Film

Georgia-Film

Roots Trailers

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Cast

Giorgi Zakareishvili

David Abashidze

Young Giorgi Zakareishvili

Joseph (Soso) Jachvliani

Young Madleni

Ya Parulava

Young Henry

Aleksandr Medzmariashvili

Madleni

Laurence Ragon

Henry

Nugzar Kurashvili

Samson Jandieri

Gogi Gegechkori

Merab Ninidze

Mate

Malkhaz Gorgiladze

Little Mate (as G. Jibladze)

Giorgi Jibladze

Passenger of Train

Edisher Magalashvili

Georges

Levan Abashidze

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