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Moscow held a special run of the movie “The Icon.”
It is a joint work of filmmakers from Russia and Georgia
who decided to show that spiritual ties always exist in relations between the two countries.
The art director of the film, Irakly Kvirikadze, said that the movie tells about the fates of two women
– a Russian and a Georgian.
The second storyline is about a priest of the Georgian Orthodox Church
who comes to Moscow to find and return an icon, which was the reason why Bolsheviks shot priests dead.
The film tells about the icon of St. George, who is especially respected by Georgian people.
This connects the main heroes of the movie.
Irakly Kvirikadze, art director
Our days, a Georgian heroine and a Russian heroine, their meeting,
twists between characters who are Russians and Georgians.
It is about love, friendship, they communicate sincerely, get into difficult situations,
and life demands passing an exam in honesty.
Our heroes pass it.
A common faith in one God, religious and spiritual closeness
have always been unifying ties in Russian-Georgian relations.
Religion was what united the Russians and the Georgians.
The shooting was blessed by the heads of the Russian and Georgian Orthodox Churches.
According to the supervisor of the project and director, Rezo Chkheidze,
Patriarch of all-Georgia Ilya II read the script himself;
he also mentioned that if the Patriarch didn’t like the script, there would be no movie.
Rezo Chkheidze, supervisor of the project and director
When I met the directors who graduated from Tbilisi Cinema Department, they held this script in hands.
They didn’t know who could make it, i.e. who could sponsor and produce the film.
As the movie is about religion partially, the first thing we did was…
and there is a tradition in Georgia – whether it is necessary or not, we go for advice to our Patriarch.
He read the script.
Two days later he called us and we met.
He said that he had no protests against the film and that it had many important things,
considering the Russian and Georgian nations, relations, and ideas.
Even though he didn’t praise the script, he looked on it positively.
I believe the film is very interesting and in demand.
Even in times of cold relations between Russia and Georgia,
people have never thought that we would never be together again.
The most important thing is that some people don't disturb us from improving relations.
And then we will go forward.
This is the essence of the movie.
Each hero of the film has his or her own fate, health, love, faith, motherland,
and all this unites them.
They are alive.
“The Icon” was shot due to the head of the Union of Georgians in Russia, Mikhail Khubutia,
who is a producer of the film.
The directors are Zaza Merabishvili and Dzhaba Ruadze.
Yekaterina Rednikova, actress
The whole movie is about ties between the Russian and Georgian cultures
and that it doesn’t matter what your nationality is.
If there is friendship, love, it has no borders – either state borders or something else.
This is a true Russian-Georgian film.