Dato Evgenidze

A bohemian circle of Tbilisi youth in the 1980s: bound by shared interests, yet still strangers to one another—each carrying a hidden pain that leaves its mark on their daily lives.

An absurdist allegory of the absorption of Georgia into the Soviet Union, a man's apartment is overrun by 'lodgers' who takeover the apartment, restrict his movements, and put him in a birdcage.

In the pre-war years in Sukhumi, Chik lived in the family of his aunt - a playful, but smart and kind boy. His days are filled with chores, studies, walks with friends, and, sometimes, skirmishes with the guys in the neighboring yard. From the attentive gaze of the boy, adult problems do not hide. Sensitive Chick suffers involuntarily when he sees injustice and cruelty.

In the pre-war years in Sukhumi, Chik lived in the family of his aunt - a playful, but smart and kind boy. His days are filled with chores, studies, walks with friends, and, sometimes, skirmishes with the guys in the neighboring yard. From the attentive gaze of the boy, adult problems do not hide. Sensitive Chick suffers involuntarily when he sees injustice and cruelty.