Daswarili (Stained)

Israel, 2009

In love with her cousin Gela, 17 year old Ilana, dreams of a different life, away from her family's strict Georgian traditions. On the crucial night she loses her virginity to him, their families find out of the affair, and Ilana learns that Gela is intended to marry another.

Will she be strong enough to change her fate?

Fiction  | Video  |  21   Minutes  |  Color  |  Hebrew & Georgian, English subtitles

Screenplay: Eti Tsicko
Cast: Liron Ben Shlush, Evelyn Hagoel, Yedidya Vital
Cinematography: Itay Landau
Editing: Eitan Vardi
Production: Ronit Avidan
Source: Eti Tsico, Israel
Support: Tel Aviv University

Screened with the films:
Tuesdays at Five

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