An Unusual Exhibition

At war against the Nazis or living in peace in Kutaisi, sculptor Aguli Eristavi is only interested in his art and in the marble from Paros with which he shall make a grand piece. In the meanwhile, he piles up busts in the local graveyard where his talent is ever present. The film is a metaphor for the stalemate of a generation after the Khrushchev Thaw with a subtle tone of disenchantment the author would never lose in his biting analysis of Soviet society.