SABA MELODRAMA IN 6 ACTS
RUNNING TIME: 100-105 MIN.
SCENARIO: A. ARAVSKI AND CH. ALKHAZICHVILI
DIRECTOR: MIKHAÏL TCHIAOURELLI
OPERATOR: A. POLIKEVITCH
ASSISTANT: È. SUPATACHVILI
SET: L. GUDIACHVILI
EDITING CONSULTANT: V. DOLENKO
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: CH. GEDEVANICHVILI
PHOTOGRAPHY: V. TCHIRADZÉ
ADMINISTRATOR: A. MAKOEV
ACT ONE
IN TIFLIS.
SABA, A STREETCAR DRIVER (SANDRO DJALIACHVILI)
Saba, we're going to celebrate payday, eh?
Leave him, his wife won't let him.
DEBTS: RENT, BUTCHER, BOOKS FOR VAKHTANG.
VERIKO, SABA'S WIFE (VERIKO ANDJAPARIDZÉ)
Play for a bit, Vakhtang, I'll be right back.
WINE!
I'll keep it.
Excuse me, little lady Give back the cooperative's money.
Go away!
Saba, think about your son.
Your Vakhtang.
DON'T DO THAT!
My little boy. Vakhtang, my dear son.
Get ready for the all-Georgian glider competition.
THE PIONEER BRIGADE LEADER, OLGA (ÈKA THAVTCHAVADZÉ)
You don't stand a chance against Vakhtang's plane.
Did you get into a fight?
A pioneer must not fight.
Is that true?
Alright, Olga, go talk to his father.
Where's Vakhtang?
Veriko, you... Don't be angry.
Myself...
Come! Quick!
Over there...
A NOTICE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
You must understand. Our productivity's been low lately.
And with all that drinking of yours.
What can I do?
Pull yourself together.
If you stop drinking, we'll reconsider our decision.
I came to have a chat. Why does he beat his child?
Talk to him. I'll be so grateful to you.
Who's that?
The man they kicked out has no more bread.
And now I get a lecture.
You've been fired?
At least deliver the laundry. Can't you see how much I'm struggling ?
Deliver it yourself. You have legs.
SHIRTS : 5 INSTEAD OF 6
Right now!
You can't go on like this. You must leave him.
For your child.
He won't let his boy go.
DECLARATION TO THE PEOPLE'S COURT
I HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MARITAL LIFE...
ACT FOUR
Hulloo, misser Saba, sssorry.
IT IS FORBIDDEN
TO SING, MAKE NOISE AND DANCE
Go to my home.
Bring back something to pay for the next round.
To our dear guest's health!
Your lectures against wine are absurd.
You're ruining our great traditions. Wine...
... comes from our glorious ancestors.
Our great George XII taught us...
...how to drink.
I can't. I can't hold my liquor.
Katso, please.
Please.
We live in the industrialisation era,
and suddenly, such exoticism.
Allow me.
I recommend this for you.
Bedtime reading for every conscious alcoholic.
ALCOHOL, OUR ENEMY
BIL
20 BOTLE WINE 30 APETIZER 8
10 SKIUWER 10 STURJON 7
POTETOZ 1,50 BREAKEN PLATSE 6
TOTALL 83,50 RUBBLE
I'm paying.
And me, may I pay?
Who dares pay in my presence?
Vakhtang's tools?
GO BACK.
Bring them back!
I want to work. Let go of me, I'm going to work.
I'm going to find him. I'll bring him back.
AT THE STREETCAR'S LAST STOP.
An accident. Someone's been run over.
TODAY SHOW TRIAL
AGAINST FORMER STREETCAR DRIVER
SABA DJALIACHVILI
Sorry, I have nothing to do with it.
Hey, you! You'd better be quiet.
Tell me, is my son alright?
The court!
DO YOU PLEAD GUILTY?
NOTHING TO DECLARE?
CASE N°36 SABA DJALICHVILI
HE IS CHARGED...
It's true. I murdered my own son.
Judge me.
You aren't objective, comrade.
We'll forgive him, the children won't
I call the factory committee's delegate.
What can I say?
We weren't happy to fire him.
We aren't judging just him.
We're also judging the old way of life,
with its DRUNKENNESS and debauchery.
Alcohol is our class enemy.
Its fire devours millions of lives.
I DEMAND THE STRICTEST MEASURES!
D...dear comrades... Yes, he'd been drinking...
Yes, it happened... Yes, OK... Yes, yes...
A delegation of workers wants to speak.
He isn't the only one on trial. We all are.
IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD,
THERE IS A CHEAP TAVERN ON EVERY CORNER.
We demand the closing of all taverns in the workers' districts.
We're asking for a lighter sentence.
SORELY MISSED
Young Communist League.
Trade unions.
Proletarian society.
EVERYBODY.
All together against the bottle!
DAD, DON'T DRINK WINE.
THE END
Subtitles: Timothée Lainé Thibault Noailhat &Alexandre Sumpf