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Not to be confused with Tangerine (film).

Tangerines
Film poster
Directed byZaza Urushadze
Written byZaza Urushadze
Produced byIvo Felt, Zaza Urushadze
StarringLembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Mikheil Meskhi, Giorgi Nakashidze, Raivo Trass
CinematographyRein Kotov
Music byNiaz Diasamidze
Distributed byAllfilm, Cinema 24, Samuel Goldwyn Films[1]
Release date
  • 15 October 2013 (2013-10-15)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesEstonia, Georgia
LanguagesEstonian, Russian
Budget650 000 €

Tangerines (Georgian: მანდარინები Mandarinebi, Template:Lang-et) is a 2013 Estonian-Georgian film, directed, produced and written by Zaza Urushadze (Georgian film director and screenwriter). The film carries a pacifist message and examines wartime realities regarding the meaning of how to be human.[2][3] It was filmed in Guria, Georgia.

It has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards for 2014 which was won by the film Ida from Poland.[4][5] It was among the five nominated films at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards for best foreign language film.[6]

Plot

The story takes place during the 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia in a rural village in Abkhazia (Georgia) , where Estonian farmers had settled to tend a tangerine orchard. With the start of hostilities, most of the Estonians who lived in the area returned to their homeland. However, two Estonian men, Ivo (Lembit Ulfsak) and Margus (Elmo Nüganen), remain in the village in order to harvest the season’s crop of tangerines. But they get caught in the crossfire between two small bands of warring soldiers. Only two of the fighters survive: Ahmed (Giorgi Nakashidze), a Chechen mercenary on the Abkhazian side, and Niko (Mikheil Meskhi), a Georgian volunteer. Both are badly wounded, but the two Estonian farmers take them in and begin to nurse them back to health.

Although the two warring soldiers vow to kill each other once they recover, Ivo secures a pledge from both of them not to enact any blood vengeance against each other while they remain under his roof. The two agree, though a great deal of tension continues between them as they begin to recover over several days. Slowly, during their recovery, the two begin to see human frailties in each other and start to recognize that some humanity can be recognized in each others wounds and suffering. When a passing jeep with armed Russian soldiers stops at Ivo's village for a surprise inspection, they falsely accuse the recovering Ahmed of being on the other side and decide to execute him on the spot. Niko sees this from the window in Ivo's house and opens fire on the armed soldiers in order to protect Ahmed. In the ensuing fire-fight a stray bullet kills the innocent Margus, and Niko is also killed - after he steps out of the house - by a wounded officer laying on the ground whom Niko believed he had killed. Ahmed then finishes off the wounded officer, but too late to save Niko.[7]

Ivo and Ahmed remain to bury Margus and Niko. At the grave of Niko, Ahmed admits to Ivo that he has come to deeply admire the old man - Ahmed comes to consider Ivo almost as a father figure. The elderly Ivo relates that the burial of Niko lies next to the grave of his own son, who died senselessly early in the war. The two part company, with Ahmed confiding to Ivo that he misses his own family. As he waves good-bye to Ivo in the distance, Ahmed begins his trip home on the military jeep on which he first arrived in the village and which Ivo had kept for him while awaiting Ahmed's recovery.

Cast

  • Lembit Ulfsak as Ivo, an elderly Estonian farmer living in Abkhazia
  • Giorgi Nakashidze as Ahmed, a wounded Chechen soldier.
  • Elmo Nüganen as Margus, a friend of Ivo, another Estonian farmer.
  • Mikheil Meskhi as Niko, a wounded Georgian soldier.

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Academy Awards February 22, 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Tangerines Nominated [8]
Bari International Film Festival April 12, 2014 Best Picture Tangerines Won [9]
Fajr International Film Festival February 4, 2014 The Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay Zaza Urushadze Won [10]
The Crystal Phoenix for Best Picture Zaza Urushadze and Ivo Felt Won
Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Tangerines Nominated [11]
International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg November 10, 2013 Audience Award Tangerines Won
Special Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg Tangerines Won
Jerusalem Film Festival July 19, 2014 In the Spirit of Freedom Awards in Memory of Wim van Leer Zaza Urushadze and Tangerines Honourable mention [12]
Satellite Awards February 15, 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Tangerines Won [13]
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival November 30, 2013 Best Estonian Film Tangerines Won [14]
War on Screen October 5, 2014 Jury Grand Prix Tangerines Won [15]
Warsaw International Film Festival November 20, 2013 Audience Award: Best Feature Film Tangerines Won [16]
Best Director Award Zaza Urushadze Won

See also

References

  1. ^ "Samuel Goldwyn Films acquires "Tangerines" rights in the US". Estonian World. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ Review: Estonians as Conflict Mediators in 'Tangerines' news.err.ee, 11.11.2013
  3. ^ Warsaw 2013 Review: TANGERINES, An Engrossing Morality Tale That's Also A Lot Of Fun
  4. ^ "Croatia, Serbia, Finland and Estonia have announced their nominations for the category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Oscar Nominations 2015: See The Full List". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. ^ 72ND ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. ^ 'Tangerines': Film Review
  8. ^ "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ^ Bari International Film Festival 2014
  10. ^ 32nd Fajr International Film Festival 2014
  11. ^ "Tangerines". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  12. ^ "2014 JFF Winners Announced". Jerusalem Film Festival. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Current Nominees | Categories | International Press Academy". International Press Academy. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Selgusid PÖFFi võitjad". ERR (in Estonian). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  15. ^ War on Screen 2014
  16. ^ Awards at the 29th Warsaw Film Festival
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