• Brighton 4th

    Directed by Levan Koguashvili
    Georgia/Bulgaria/Monaco/Russia/USA | 95 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

  • Brighton 4th

    Directed by Levan Koguashvili
    Georgia/Bulgaria/Monaco/Russia/USA | 95 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

  • Brighton 4th

    Directed by Levan Koguashvili
    Georgia/Bulgaria/Monaco/Russia/USA | 95 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

  • Brighton 4th

    Directed by Levan Koguashvili
    Georgia/Bulgaria/Monaco/Russia/USA | 95 minutes | Awards Buzz – Best International Feature Film

From the director of Blind Dates (PSIFF 2014), this charming and bittersweet prize-winning drama about a father’s unyielding devotion to his son unfolds mostly in the former Soviet émigré enclave of Brighton Beach, New York where the film’s cockamamie antics take place.

In competition for the FIPRESCI Prize.

film synopsis

This bittersweet drama about a father’s devotion to his son unfolds mostly in the former Soviet émigré enclave of Brighton Beach, New York. It marks the third fiction outing by Georgian director Levan Koguashvili and shares the rueful sense of humor and poignant sweetness of his feature debut Blind Dates (PSIFF 2014). It follows Kakhi, a former Olympic wrestling champ from Tbilisi, who goes to New York to help his adult son, Soso, get his life back on track. Kakhi is a kind, even-tempered, non-judgmental problem solver, but the hapless Soso isn’t exactly a chip off the old block. As Kakhi tries to earn money to help his son, he becomes involved in some cockamamie schemes hatched by other inhabitants of the shabby hostel on 4th St., where Russian is the lingua franca. The tender screenplay by Boris Frumin captures characters living in the new world in much the same fashion as they did in the old.

film details

Director: Levan Koguashvili
Producers: Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Michel Merkt, Kateryna Merkt
Screenwriter: Boris Frumin
Cinematographers: Phedon Papamichael
Editor: Sasha Frumin, Davit Kiknadze, Elene Asatiani
Cast: Levan Tediashvili, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze
Country: Georgia/Bulgaria/Monaco/Russia/USA
Language: In English, Georgian, and Russian with English subtitles.
Year: 2021
Running Time: 95 minutes
Director Filmography: Gogita’s New Life (2016), Blind Dates (2013), Street Days (2010), Women from Georgia (2009)
Awards: Best International Narrative Feature, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay, Tribeca Film Festival
Primary Company: Kino Lorber

Film Festival 2022