Bashi-Achuki (1956)
The 17th century rebellion in Kakheti masterminded by Bidzina Cholokashvili gets about the whole Georgia. An Imeretian youth nicknamed as Bashi-Achuk is a real exterminator of the Persians. He attacks the Persian escort and sets free the Georgian women who were supposed to be locked up in the Shah’s harem. Bashi-Achuk’s twin sisters are among the rescued captives. Abdushahil, a Persian warrior who was defeated by Bashi-Achuk in wrestling, falls in love with Mzisa, Bashi-achuk’s sister. Mzisa brings Abdushahil to the camp of the Georgian rebels. Abdushahil learns that he is a Georgian too. As a child he was kidnapped and brought up in Persia. Abdushahil’s army gives up and the Georgians win the battle.
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It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
I liked the movie, and reccomend it to any Georgian viewer, it's enjoyable, not exactly Georgian classic but I would give it 7 out of 10. Anyway, there's many action sequences, humor and other enjoyable stuff. And the actors are pretty good too, but the directing is a little f**ked up.