And Then We Danced
LGBTQ+ Voices
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1h 53m
Directed by Levan Akin | 113 mins | 2020
Met with high praise at 2019’s Cannes Film Festival and violent homophobic protests in Georgia, where the film takes place, Levan Akin’s breakout is a finely wrought tale of a forbidden love between two male dancers, Merab and Irakli, who are both competing for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. Theirs is a quietly heady, high stakes pas de deux between cultural tradition and transgression, infused with warmth and tenderness by the Swedish-born Georgian filmmaker.
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