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April (2025)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili
Starring: Ana Nikolava | Ia Sukhitashvili | Kakha Kintsurashvili | Merab Ninidze | Roza Kancheishvili

April

Michael says: “I thought I had already reviewed this one, but apparently that was not the case. I will say, this film both defies easy description, and my ability to rate it as I left the theater at the IFFBoston.

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The Courier (2021)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Dominic Cooke
Starring: Emma Penzina | Fred Haig | James Schofield | Mariya Mironova | Merab Ninidze | Vladimir Chuprikov

The Courier
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Paper Soldier (2008)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Aleksei German MI
Starring: Anastasyia Sheveleva | Chulpan Khamatova | Merab Ninidze

Paper Soldier

Bruce says: “This strange film is haunting me in spite of my not particularly enjoying the viewing experience.  I do not doubt the filmmaker’s talent; he appears one to watch.  The problem is the story which is off-putting mostly because

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Nowhere in America (2003)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Caroline Link
Starring: Juliane Köhler | Karoline Eckertz | Lea Kurka | Matthias Habich | Merab Ninidze | Regine Zimmermann | Sidede Onyulo

Nowhere in America

Michael says: “NOWHERE IN AFRICA is a true epic, telling the tale of a Jewish family’s flight from Nazi occupied Germany to Africa. Walter Redlich travels to a farm in Africa to prepare the way for his wife and daughter.

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