Dea Kulumbegashvili
Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia/France)
By Lawrence Garcia | 12/22/2020 | CS85, Fall Festival Spotlight, Festivals, From Cinema Scope Magazine
By Lawrence Garcia Beginning opens with a sermon on the Old Testament tale of Abraham and Isaac, delivered to a Jehovah’s Witness congregation in Georgia’s predominantly Orthodox Christian Caucasus region. Just as the preacher, David (Rati Oneli), starts to expound on its implications regarding belief, the Kingdom Hall is firebombed by unseen attackers, transforming the…
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