I've just seen the movie and I don't really know if the girl is crying because she knows that his movements are kind of "not masculine" so she realizes that he's definitely gay (?) or if it's because she's proud of him or if it's because she's seeing that they'll just reject him or if it's because she realizes this is the end of their happy days dancing together (because they won't accept him anymore) ?

@@LeRomSan I think that's because she's very proud of him, and yet scared for his safety. She also realises how liberating this is for him, how beautiful it is that he embraces the dance and shows his soul and feelings.And to be fair I think the movie is about how love changes what you do (he started dancing way better when he fell in love with Irakli) and makes you realise the narrative behind art (there was a scene about it). I don't think it's about the fact he's leaving, because previously she said that she's out too.

The producers of this film could not afford such publicity 😬

@@BkNy06 such a shame, because it definitely deserves more recognition, and all the cast and everyone evolved did such a courageous thing, I'm so thankful for their beautiful and magnificent work.❤️❤️❤️

They talked a lot about this movie, but only outside their home country. They don’t talk about this in Georgia, because it contains a gay love affair and in a country where homophobia is a major problem for the Lgbtq+ community, talking a little about it would spark a lot of protest and violence. But I agree. This movie needs more recognition

Everyone is looking at the American movies , such a shame ! They talked a lot about Call me by your name (similar topic as this one),,, but is one is waaay superior ! A masterpiece

Hi Aldo, what do you mean by context?I'm trying to understand the end.

@@LeRomSan If I might chime in. (Spoilers if you haven't seen it) Its at the end of the movie. Consistently Georgian dance is said to be hyper-masuline. There's no room for the feminine. Add into that the conservative Georgian culture and you have this consistent pressure on him to fit into this ultra-masculine, non-feminine lifestyle. After falling in love with a man and having that end because of this pressure, plus other things, this is sort of the moment when he comes face to face with that pressure both inside and out of the dance community. And he basically just gives it the middle finger. His movements are sometimes hyper masculine, like he was trained, but throughout the dance more and more he pulls in more femininie, sensual movements. It sort of shows his evolution throughout the film, and the fact that he expresses it proudly shows that moving forward, he's strong enough to resist that pressure.

I've just seen the movie and I don't really know if the girl is crying because she knows that his movements are kind of "not masculine" so she realizes that he's definitely gay (?) or if it's because she's proud of him or if it's because she's seeing that they'll just reject him or if it's because she realizes this is the end of their happy days dancing together (because they won't accept him anymore) ?

@@LeRomSan I think she cried because she realized that he was not dancing "manly", I don't know how to say That, and therefore he was automatically eliminated. But despite that I think she's mostly proud of him to accept, through his dance, himself. So yea in the end I really think she was crying because she was Proud of him

I haven't noticed but I think it's more of a professional courtesy

Hi,I 've just seen the movie and I have entered here to understand the ending. Could you explain why do you say "powerful and intelligent"? I mean I'd like to reach that statement, I think he's saying: well, y'all reject me and I assume it, so fuck off but I'm gonna dance as I want this time. But I don't know if is there anything that I missed?

It's because this is our reality. People here in Georgia have really hard time excepting LGBTQ members . Even on the day of premiere of this movie , people were going crazy , they protested and said this movie was shaming our culture and lot of people got injured during protest so happy ending is kinda far from reality

I agree with your reading! I also thought this was happy for him. He overcame the pressure to conform, and became truly free. He's too powerful for Iraklis, who caved in and went on to live what one suspects would be a double life. Merab's dancing is his freedom.

I was looking for a comment, I felt it too. Dance is about expression of what we hear and feel, we all interpret in different ways.

Right! They didn't stop and they let him finish. They respected him even if his dance wasn't "conventional".

The musicians only care about drinking and playing their instruments. No drama could ever phase them. 😬

I also see it this way, he tells us his story, without a word. There was a short scene, that could be easily forgotten, where he watches a documentary about a classical dancer, just before the power outage ( I think, about Vakhtang Chiabukani, maybe, I’m not sure anymore) and about why this dancer was above others: his dance tells a story. This very short scene makes senses here: for me the final dance tells the story of his discovery and acceptance of his feminine side. Fighting against it, he’s deemed to fail, and literally, to fall down. Once he stops fighting himself, accepts it , he can stand steadily and use it as an artistic tool, and the result is unexpected and fascinating, because he don’t reject his masculine status in the process. Maybe for this reason I can’t picture the character as really gay, much more as bisexual, or pansexual. After all he accept it simply like ”I’m in love with another man, well it’s unexepected, but it makes me happy, so whatever” We don’t know the answer and that’s great, because it seams that he don’t know either (when his brother very tactically ask - and this scene too was adorable - he simply answers ” maybe”). I think that here, Akin was really clever himself with the narration, it’s very rare when I rewatch a film, especially the next week, just to catch those key moments that make sense in the very last moment. Here I also greatly like the fact that he simply goes away and close the door, not throwing his jacket, but quietly removing it. Merab was constantly protectively bracing himself all along, but was not aware of his inner strength. For me he’s much more apt to resist to the social pressure, than Irakli who ends up doing what the society expect him to do. Not to mention the quality of acting of the young dancer, so natural and radiant. I’m curious now to know how this role may have changed his own vision of his art. I’m quite sure his point of view before/ after has evolved, putting so much dedication to make his character and his struggle alive. A very good film, that sadly hasn’t got enough audience, and now I’m urging a whole bunch of people to watch it.

@@purplevelvet2148 talking about the quality of acting. It doesn´t feel like they act . It feel like they live during the filming. Like they improvise the whole time. And Akin´s filming skills are perfect. It feels natural to me. The movie is more about youth. How they embrace the traditional but also want more in their life by going to the modern times. Like Mary who decides to leave the ensemble, David marries Soppo because she´s pregnant (which is not traditional because she got pregnant out of wedlock), and Irakli who also leaves the city to help his mother and marries his girlfriend. Even his dad adviced him to leave the ensemble and go to college It’s a total shame that this movie doesn't get enough audience and I’m even afraid that this masterpiece will be forgotten, but I’m very happy to watch this so it has a special place in my heart

Exactly, I thought the same thing

Si, claro.

@@bekamtchedlidze4785 Gilocav!

Yes