Supporting Role
Film Notes
Original Title: Meorekhariskhovani roli
Country, year: Georgia, Estonia, Turchia, Svizzera e Stati Uniti, 2026
Language: Originale con sottotitoli in italiano
Duration: 139′
Color: colore
Director: Ana Urushadze
Cast: Dato Bakhtadze, Nata Murvanidze, Elene Maisuradze, Irakli Kvirikadze, Zurab Sturua, Eka Demetradze, Sandro Samkharadze, Nino Kasradze, Davit Dvalishvili, Lasha Mebuke, Murman Jinoria
Screenplay: Ana Urushadze
Photography: Rein Kotov
Film editing: Levan Uchaneishvili
Music: Sten Sheripov
Production: David Tsintsadze, Ivo Felt
Premiere: Italiana
Screening info
Location: Cinema Centrale | Date: 28/09/2026 Time 17:00
Lungometraggio | –
Synopsis
Niaz Ninua, a former Georgian film star who retired fifteen years ago, attempts a comeback in a transforming patriarchal society for which he is ill-prepared. Invited by young director Aza to audition for a minor, unflattering role as an old man, he feels his pride wounded and angrily rejects her unconventional directorial choices. During the three days he is given to decide, Niaz wanders through Tbilisi in an obsessive delirium, navigating the wreckage of his regrets and his abandoned family. Amidst the death of his parrot, omens of mortality, and an encounter with a disfigured friend hosting a lucid dreaming workshop, his drift between hallucination and reality transforms the audition into an unexpected quest for integrity.
Winner of the Special Jury Award (Tiger Competition) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
