Brighton 4th

Local title
Brightoni 4
Title in Russian
Брайтон, 4
Original title
Brighton 4th
Director
Levan Koguashvili
Country
Georgia, Russian Federation, Bulgaria, USA, Monaco
Year
2021
Festival
Kinoff 2021
Programme
Main programme of Kinoff, Current Waves
Genre
drama, comedy
Subject
family relations, sport, self-realisation, humor, migration

Former wrestling champion Kakhi (Levan Tediashvili, himself a former Olympic wrestling champion) always has his family on his conscience, and in "Brighton 4th", this leads him on a journey from his home in the Republic of Georgia to visit his son Soso (Giorgi Tabidze) in the Russian speaking neighbourhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

There he finds Soso living in a shabby boarding house populated by a colourful group of fellow Georgian immigrants. And Soso is not studying medicine, as Kakhi believed, but is working for a moving company and has accrued a $14,000 gambling debt to a local mob boss. Kakhi sets his mind to helping his hapless son out of his debt, leading to situations as often comic as they are dire.

The film has been nominated by Georgia for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Director
Levan Koguashvili
Screenwriter
Boris Frumin
Cast
Levan Tediashvili, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze
Producer
Armen Zuloyan, Tinatin Berdzenishvili, Rusudan Manjgaladze, Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Michel Merkt, Kateryna Merkt
DoP
Phedon Papamichael
Cinematographer
Phedon Papamichael
Editor
Sasha Frumin, David Kiknadze, Elene Asatiani, Nikolay Metin
Music
Andro Dgebuadze, Misho Javakhishvili
Production
Kino Iberica, Moskvich Films, TatoFilms, Broken Cage Studio, Garabanda, Give Me Liberty Mfg., KNM
World sales
Loco Films
Runtime
Language
Georgian, English, Russian
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Levan Koguashvili

Levan Koguašvili (snd 1973)

Valik: Home (2004, doc), The Women from Georgia (2009, doc), Quchis dgeebi (Tänavapäevad, PÖFF 2010), Brma paemnebi (Blind Dates, 2013), Gogita's New Life (2016), Brighton 4th (2021)

Screenings

Hall 6 Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening020403 / Brightoni 4
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Hall Kohtla-Järve Kultuurikeskus
Screening033104 / Brightoni 4
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Hall Jõhvi Kontserdimaja
Screening083302 / Brightoni 4
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Hall 2 Apollo Kino Astri
Screening163203 / Brightoni 4
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration