Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

A fiercely independent woman’s tranquillity is disturbed by an unexpected affair, in this wry, tender and understated drama from Georgia.

Etero (a sensitive performance by Eka Chavleishvili) is a self-contented shop owner and blackberry forager in a small Georgian town. Happily single in her late 40s, she never expected to feel a sudden surge of desire for one of the local men. Director Elene Naveriani (Wet Sand) has created a deliciously shrewd and refreshing portrait of a woman who doesn’t want, nor needs, to conform.

"An endearing, bittersweet portrait of an independent woman at the mercy of society’s entrenched expectations." Allan Hunter, Screen International

Georgia, 2023

Georgian language with English subtitles