WET SAND

By Elene NAVERIANI

MAXIMAGE FILMPRODUCTION - as PROD

LGBT - Completed 2021

A village at the Georgian Black Sea with friendly people believing to know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged; his granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life with Amnon over the last 22 years.

Festivals
& Awards

Film Fest Gent 2021
Official Competition
Locarno 2021
cineasti del presente
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Drama
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, GEORGIA
    • Languages
    • GEORGIAN
    • Duration
    • 114 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Elene NAVERIANI
    • Writer(s)
    • Sandro NAVERIANI, Elene NAVERIANI
    • Producer(s)
    • Cornelia SEITLER (MAXIMAGE FILMPRODUCTION), Ketie DANELIA (Takes Film)
    • Synopsis
    • A village at the Georgian Black Sea with friendly people believing to know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged; his granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life with Amnon over the last 22 years. The truth however frees Moe’s capability to love and provokes the villagers to take a stand.