When Light Behaves Differently Towards Time

When Light Behaves Differently Towards Time (2006) blends Documentary and Fantasy elements. Top cast includes Nino Sardlishvili, Gocha Ovashvili, and Vako Karchkadze. It draws from real-world events while keeping the focus on character stakes.

Actor: Nino Sardlishvili

Filmmaker Jan Willem van Dam made a film in Georgia, following the Revolution of the Roses in 2003, on the borderline of fiction and documentary. The film is based on 'the life and dreams' of Nini Sardlishvili, a sixteen-year-old Georgian girl. Nini tells about her life and dreams, speaks with two elderly women about past and future and walks among the ruins of a huge, burnt-out Soviet archive. She plays herself in the film, just like the other protagonist, Domestic Intelligence agent Gocha Ovashvili. He travels across the country in response to a remarkable appeal by a Georgian minister (appearing in a newscast), to ask people if they are criminals. During this futile and absurd quest, he meets mainly aged Georgians, including a shepherd and two monks, and admires the scenery.