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LES TROIS VIES D'�DOUARD CH�VARDNADZ�
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France - Georgia 1999 / Video / Color / 52 min. | |||
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The president of the Georgian Republic, Edward Shevardnadze is a charismatic if somewhat controversial figure. A zealous apparatchik of the Georgian communist system, he was appointed Soviet minister of foreign affairs under Gorbachev and worked for perestroika, disarmament, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Denouncing the conservative forces of the regime, he resigned a few months before the putsch in Moscow. Returning to Georgia, he ended the civil war in Abkhazia and brought Georgia into the CIS. This documentary examines the tactics and the metamorphosis a man of power. |
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| Script: Nino Kirtadz�. Phot.: Rivkat Ibraguimov. Ed.: Nadia Ben Rachid. Prod.: ADR Productions, 2, rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 43 14 34 34, fax: (33-01) 43 14 34 30, e-mail: [email protected]. Sales: ADR Productions / Dix Francs, 8, rue Lamartine, 75005 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 48 74 43 77. | |||
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Nino Kirtadz� Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nino Kirtadz� studied literature and became a lecturer at the University of Tbilisi before working as a journalist and a consultant to the Georgian president. She was a correspondent for AFP and Associated Press in Caucasus covering various conflicts in the region. She authored a book on the dancer Nino Ramishvili and played a major role in Nana Djordjadz�'s film A CHEF IN LOVE (1996). She is a resident of France since 1997 where she directed news reports for the European Council. The Three Lives of Edward Shevardnaze is her first documentary. |