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Don't Grieve

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Don't Grieve
Directed byGeorgiy Daneliya
Written byClaude Tillier (novel Mon oncle Benjamin [fr])
StarringSergo Zakariadze
Vakhtang Kikabidze
Music byGiya Kancheli
Release date
  • 22 December 1969 (1969-12-22)
Running time
90 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesGeorgian
Russian

Don't Grieve (Russian: Не горюй!; Georgian: არ იდარდო!) is a 1969 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya.[1] The film is loosely based on the novel "My uncle Benjamen" by French writer Claude Tillier.

Plot

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In the end of the 19th century, a young doctor, Benjamen Glonti, returns to a small village in his native Georgia after finishing his medical studies in St. Petersburg. A series of comic events unfold around him.[2]

Cast

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Music

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In the film, Kikabidze performs Shen Khar Venakhi, a medieval Georgian hymn.

Awards

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Award Category Recipient/Nominee Result
1970 Mar del Plata Film Festival Special Mentioning Georgiy Daneliya Won
Best Film, International Competition Georgiy Daneliya Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Не горюй!". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  2. ^ Daneliya, Georgiy (1970-05-08), Ne goryuy! (Comedy, Drama), Sergo Zakariadze, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgia-Film, Mosfilm, retrieved 2024-09-09
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