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Drama, Romance, Fantasy 150 min
In the Georgian riverside town of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken magically transformed with no way to recognize each other.
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Prestige, contemplative, open-ended and character-led.
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Many old Europeans, including my grandmother, had their superstitions; the evil eye, the protective gestures, the whispered warnings against certain glances or envious attention. Alexandre Koberidze has taken one such ancient belief and turned it into a love story fable: two young lovers in Kutaisi, Georgia meet by chance, fall instantly in love, but are cursed by the evil eye so that when they arrive for their first date, their physical appearances have changed and they cannot recognize each other. It's a charming premise, whimsical and melancholic in equal measure. But that's not what this film is about. The love story, enchanting as it may be, functions as a stage, a production design element for a much greater theme: identity. The "evil eye" curse doesn't just alter appearances; it strips away the lovers' defining characteristics entirely. Giorgi, who was defined by football, his skill and passion for the game an essential part of who he understood himself to be, gives away his ball to local kids. Perhaps they can grow up to play the game that no longer defines Giorgi. Lisa, a pharmacist, loses her profession, her knowledge, the identity she built through years of training. The
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