Robinsonada or My English Grandfather is a 1986 Georgian

Cinema of Georgia

The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. One of the most acclaimed Italian film directors, Federico Fellini, was an admirer of the Georgian film:...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Nana Djordjadze

Nana Djordjadze

Nana Jorjadze is a Georgian film director, scriptwriter and actress.Jorjadze was born in Tbilisi, and graduated first from a local musical school , and then from the architectural department at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts...

. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival

1987 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Yves Montand*Danièle Heymann*Elem Klimov*Gérald Calderon*Jeremy Thomas*Jerzy Skolimowski*Nicola Piovani*Norman Mailer*Theo Angelopoulos-Feature film competition:...

, where it won the Caméra d'Or

Caméra d'Or

The Caméra d'Or is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections ....

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Plot

In early 20th century Georgia, in a distant Georgian village, a worker appears from the English telegraph company Hughes. He faithfully takes care of telephone poles, likes to box, and stands for the honor of women and his homeland. Then, he falls in love with the most beautiful woman in the village, having become an enemy to her brother, a Bolshevik. Love inspires the Englishman, and he remains in Georgia even after all Hughes employees have been recalled home. Frustrated with insults to his country made by the Bolsheviks, the man is enraged and destroys a Bolshevik banner. He is then forced to flee his property, to the three meter territory of a telephone pole, which was purchased by the British government. In these three meters he will live in expectation of love, and, as in turns out, his own senseless death.

In the tradition of Georgian poetic film, the story must first be a bit tragic, in order to appreciate happiness later.

Cast

• Janri Lolashvili
• Nineli Chankvetadze
• Guram Pirtskhalava
• Elgudzha Burduli
• Rusudan Bolqvadze
• Tiko Eliosidze
• Daredjan Kharshiladze
• Shalva Kherkheulidze
• Gia Lejava
• Yuri Kirs