Luka, A Georgian Film on War and Hope, was Crowned Best Feature Film and Best Supporting Actress

　　The film tells a story of waiting amid the war. Lile is deprived of the custody of her son, Luka and the court awards it to Lile's mother-in-law, Luka's grandmother. Time passes. It's 1993, a year that marks the end of the Georgian – Abkhazian conflict. Luka is killed on a battlefield. His mother arrives to a little village where he was brought up to take her dead son's body and bury him in the place where she lives now. Upon arrival she finds out that Luka's body has not yet arrived due to the ongoing battles plus Luka's grandmother is strongly determined not to allow Lile to take away his body from her. plus Luka's grandmother is strongly determined not to allow Lile to take away his body from her. Only Lile and Nina decide to stay in a deserted village and wait for the arrival of the young man's body with mounting animosity towards each other. Instead, she wants to bury him in the garden of the same house where the young man has been living for years. Her decision stirs serious conflict between Lile and Nina. Meanwhile, Sukhumi falls and it prompts the villagers to flee for safety.

　　“The theme of this film is war and waiting.” said Ketevan Galdavadze, producer of Luka. The film tells a story of a family amid the war. Despite its narration of the tiny problems in a small family, the film exactly reflects the tragedies to the ordinary people caused by wars. Under the cruel wars, many young people lost their lives, and their mothers and grandmothers became destitute and homeless. In the film, Luka’s mother and grandmother was not only waiting for his body, but also waiting for a hope. However, in the miserable world, expectations always came to nothing. No one could find a satisfactory answer to his/her problem. 

Posted: April 24,2017