Sundance Film Festival 2020

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And Then We Danced

And Then We Danced
Levan Akin’s joyful, romantic and transgressive film is his take of merging Sweden’s traditional dance culture with the conditioned homophobia of its people. It was initially aired on the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 and later attracted viewers for its Academy Award nomination.

Meerab – a gifted dancer – has effete posturing that enrages his coach. Meerab, while being aware of his countrymen’s hyperconservative social restraints finds himself attracted to Irakli (a handsome new dancer). As their continued affair places their dance careers on a pedestal, the movie develops a non-confirmative narrative that is far from the madding crowd.



CATEGORY Spotlight

COUNTRY Sweden/Georgia/France



RUN TIME 113 min

LANGUAGE Georgian

SUBTITLES Yes with English subtitles



COMPANY Totem Films

WEBSITE https://www.totem-films.com/

EMAIL [email protected]

PHONE +33 7 6776 4622

Credits

Director
  • Levan Akin
Screenwriter
  • Levan Akin
Producers
  • Mathilde Dedye
  • Ketie Daniela
Cinematography
  • Lisabi Fridell
Costume Design
  • Nini Jincharadze
Editors
  • Simon Carlgren
  • Levan Akin
Makeup Department Head
  • Eka Chikhradze
Production Designer
  • Teo Baramidze
Sound
  • Beso Kacharava
Music
  • Zviad Mgebry
Executive Producer
  • Ludvig Andersson
Principal Cast
  • Levan Gelbakhiani
  • Bachi Valishvili
  • Ana Javakhishvili
  • Kakha Gogidze
  • Anano Makharadze

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