The Wishing Tree - Tengiz Abuladze
"The Wishing Tree" is the second installment of Tengiz Abuladze's trilogy, and it is based on the short stories by Georgian writer Georgi Leonidze. Again with this film as in "The Plea" Abuladze used literary work to tell the story or criticize the established order in a way he could not on his own.
Georgi Leonidze was born in 1899 in a small Georgian village. He studied at the Tbilisi Theological Seminary and the Tbilisi State University. He donated most of his wealth to his native village after his death in 1966. There is a commemorative statue of him standing in Tbilisi.
Georgi Leonidze was born in 1899 in a small Georgian village. He studied at the Tbilisi Theological Seminary and the Tbilisi State University. He donated most of his wealth to his native village after his death in 1966. There is a commemorative statue of him standing in Tbilisi.