The terrifying outbreak of war, the unfathomable reality of a new era: in 2022, we may see Gogoberidze's second film, which tells of the "Great Patriotic War" from the perspective of a Georgian village, with new eyes – perhaps those of her gentle heroine. Khatia is blind and can only see two things: the sun in front of her and the orphan boy Dato, whose moral character and love she can sense. He leads her atop a donkey, through a world of (all too) human encounters. Though not exactly an auteur film, I SEE THE SUN shines as a (cinema)poetic tribute to author Nodar Dumbadze, whose work Gogoberidze admired for its unpretentious subtlety.
The terrifying outbreak of war, the unfathomable reality of a new era: in 2022, we may see Gogoberidze's second film, which tells of the "Great Patriotic War" from the perspective of a Georgian village, with new eyes – perhaps those of her gentle heroine. Khatia is blind and can only see two things: the sun in front of her and the orphan boy Dato, whose moral character and love she can sense. He leads her atop a donkey, through a world of (all too) human encounters. Though not exactly an auteur film, I SEE THE SUN shines as a (cinema)poetic tribute to author Nodar Dumbadze, whose work Gogoberidze admired for its unpretentious subtlety.
