April
An obstetrician who secretly provides abortions and other family planning services to a remote village in Eastern Georgia finds herself thrust into the harsh, investigative spotlight when she loses a newborn while on duty in the unflinching second film from Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning).
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Award-winning filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili follows her acclaimed debut (2020’s Beginning) with April, an unsettling meditation on trauma and survival in rural Georgia. Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili), an obstetrician, is known for discreetly providing contraception and abortions to women in outlying villages. But when a newborn dies under her care, the grieving father demands an investigation, suspecting she made an irreversible choice on his family’s behalf. As scrutiny mounts, so does the weight of Nina’s past—one marked by repression, violence, and unresolved wounds that manifest in both her relationships and surreal, haunting visions.
Kulumbegashvili’s signature long takes and immersive soundscapes draw us into a world where modernity is an illusion, and women’s autonomy is still dictated by centuries-old power structures. Neither a straightforward issue film nor a conventional drama, APRIL lingers in moral ambiguity, offering no easy answers. Instead, it presents a deeply disquieting portrait of a woman navigating a system that punishes her for the very choices she enables in others. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, this atmospheric and enigmatic work cements Kulumbegashvili as one of the most daring voices in contemporary cinema.
—Becky Rice
- Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Principal Cast: Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Merab Ninidze
- Country: Georgia, France, Italy
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 134 min.
- Producer: Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Gabriele Moratti, Alexandra Rossi, Archil Gelovani
- Screenplay: Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Cinematographers: Arseni Khachaturan
- Editors: Jacopo Ramella Pajrin
- Music: Matthew Herbert
- Website: Official Film Website
- Awards: Venice International Film Festival 2024 (Special Jury Prize)
- Filmography: Beginning (2020)
- Language: Georgian
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- Format: DCP
- US Distributor: Metrograph Pictures
- International Sales: Goodfellas