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NEGATIVE NUMBERS

directed by Uta Beria

The true story of a juvenile detention center in Tiblisi in the early 2000's.

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Two ex-professional rugby players took up the challenge to help young imprisoned offenders by bringing rugby into their juvenile detention centre. They met many young inmates and wrote down their stories whilst training the boys. The film recounts these stories.

DRAMA DCP/HD • 2019 • GEORGIA/FRANCE/ ITALY • 110MIN

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CAST Giorgi Khurtsilava, Tedo Bekhauri, Sandro Kalandadze

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE Georgian

PRODUCED BY Magnet Films, Wide, 39 Film, Alief

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF La Room Studio

 EYE ON FILMS 

DIRECTOR

UTA BERIA (1987, Georgia) is a film director and screenwriter. In 2009 he graduated from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University with a B.A. in Film and TV Directing ; he then attendedn Screenwriting Program at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film State University and graduated with a M.F.A. Degree. He wrote a few short films and directed the video clip Broadlands 10 (2011). He co-wrote the screenplay of the feature film The Last Stroll (2011) directed by the Oscar nominated Zaza Urushadze. NEGATIVE NUMBERS is his first feature film, which he wrote and directed.