Movies like Repentance 1984
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Repentance (1984)
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Original name: მონანიება
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, gloomy, serious, realistic, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, allegory
Plot:
politics, satire, totalitarianism, jury, josef stalin, crimes, distopia, vengeance, heroes, fighting the system, injustice, ruler, life is a bitch, rebellion, legal, murder, haunted by the past, society, political corruption, small town life, dishonesty, chaos and mayhem, political unrest, small town, deadly ...
Place:
russia, georgia, soviet union, caucasus, georgia (former ussr), tbilisi
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 100 min.
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