Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
Dec 01 1980
•1h 27m
•Comedy
Tbilisi in the beginning of the 20th century . Emigrants who moved from Tbilisi to Paris for various reasons cannot resist the feeling of nostalgia and decide to return to their homeland by air balloon .
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Leila Abashidze
Tea Shervashidze
Rezo Esadze
Gio
Erosi Mandjgaladze
General Durmishkhan
Kakhi Kavsadze
Manuchar
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