Ramona
Age Restriction: Children under 12 are not admitted.
Running time: 60 minutes
Ramona tells a love story of two steam locomotives. The action takes place after the WW2 at a small railway station Rioni. Ermon, the powerful locomotive, is sent to the far away parts to ‘complete the 5-year plan in 4’, while Ramona stays at the station, waiting for her husband. Her days are filled with sweet memories and sadness at missing Ermon. The separation lasts for months, then years, bringing new challenges to the characters. Ramona’s life changes dramatically when a travelling circus troupe arrives to the town. The loving pair will meet again, but under what circumstances remains unknown to the viewers until the very last moment.
"Kipling once said that «a locomotive is, next to a marine engine, the most sensitive thing man ever made», and I decided to follow his lead, and also write about it. A warm and long-forgotten word suddenly awoke in my memory: locomotive! This creature breathed with clouds of steam, called to us with its hoarse horn, and even in damp weather carried the dry scent of coal. The mention of the locomotive brought me to another happy memory - the traveling circus of my childhood, filled with the smell of tarpaulin and sawdust. So, these two beloved and forever vanished motifs met: the locomotive and the circus. I wanted to share with the audience the feeling of paradise in which I once found myself, not deserving it, and from where life had exiled me..."
"Humor here coexists with the poetic subtlety of the constantly changing world that also has a place for drama and for bad people."
Running time: 60 minutes
Ramona tells a love story of two steam locomotives. The action takes place after the WW2 at a small railway station Rioni. Ermon, the powerful locomotive, is sent to the far away parts to ‘complete the 5-year plan in 4’, while Ramona stays at the station, waiting for her husband. Her days are filled with sweet memories and sadness at missing Ermon. The separation lasts for months, then years, bringing new challenges to the characters. Ramona’s life changes dramatically when a travelling circus troupe arrives to the town. The loving pair will meet again, but under what circumstances remains unknown to the viewers until the very last moment.
"Kipling once said that «a locomotive is, next to a marine engine, the most sensitive thing man ever made», and I decided to follow his lead, and also write about it. A warm and long-forgotten word suddenly awoke in my memory: locomotive! This creature breathed with clouds of steam, called to us with its hoarse horn, and even in damp weather carried the dry scent of coal. The mention of the locomotive brought me to another happy memory - the traveling circus of my childhood, filled with the smell of tarpaulin and sawdust. So, these two beloved and forever vanished motifs met: the locomotive and the circus. I wanted to share with the audience the feeling of paradise in which I once found myself, not deserving it, and from where life had exiled me..."
Rezo Gabriadze
"Humor here coexists with the poetic subtlety of the constantly changing world that also has a place for drama and for bad people."
Le Figaro
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Performers
Ermon - Zaza Papuashvili
Ramona - Nino Kasradze
Babakhidi - Aleksei Kolgan
Samarkandsky - Roman Kartsev
Keto - Rusudan Bolkvadze
Beglar - Ruslan Mikaberidze
Viktor - Davit Dvalishvili
Olga - Nino Arsenishvili
Old Man - Rezo Tavartkiladze
Gipsy - Nana Shonia
Postmaster - Merab Sharikadze
Clowns Uime And Vaime - Denis Surnov
Policeman - David Dvalishvili
Peasant - Badri Gvazava
Ermon - Zaza Papuashvili
Ramona - Nino Kasradze
Babakhidi - Aleksei Kolgan
Samarkandsky - Roman Kartsev
Keto - Rusudan Bolkvadze
Beglar - Ruslan Mikaberidze
Viktor - Davit Dvalishvili
Olga - Nino Arsenishvili
Old Man - Rezo Tavartkiladze
Gipsy - Nana Shonia
Postmaster - Merab Sharikadze
Clowns Uime And Vaime - Denis Surnov
Policeman - David Dvalishvili
Peasant - Badri Gvazava
Playwright, Director:
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Troupe Manager :
Sound Editor:
Lighting:
General Manager:
Art-Director:
Troupe Manager :
Sound Editor:
Lighting:
General Manager:
Rezo Gabriadze
Leo Gabriadze
Tamar Amirajibi
David Khositashvili
Mamuka Bakradze
Natela Tsiklauri
Leo Gabriadze
Tamar Amirajibi
David Khositashvili
Mamuka Bakradze
Natela Tsiklauri
Animators
Tamar Amirajibi, Badri Gvazava, Irakli Sharashidze, Medea Bliadze, Tamar Kobakhidze, Giorgi Giorgobiani, Natia Demetrashvili, Mariam Ikoshvili, Nino Migriauli, Mikheil Barnovi, Beno Jijiashvili, Imeda Guliashvili
Puppet Masters And Set Designers
Viktor Platonov, Luka Gonashvili, Aleksander Kheimanovski, Gela Jangirashvili, Aleksandra Luniakova, Oleg Ermolaev, Svetlana Pavlova, Giorgi Giorgobiani, Levan Kiknavelidze, Artem Ozerov, Avtandil Gonashvili, Tamar Chalauri, Tamar Kobakhidze, Nana Chezhia, Maka Pachkoria
Premiered: 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tamar Amirajibi, Badri Gvazava, Irakli Sharashidze, Medea Bliadze, Tamar Kobakhidze, Giorgi Giorgobiani, Natia Demetrashvili, Mariam Ikoshvili, Nino Migriauli, Mikheil Barnovi, Beno Jijiashvili, Imeda Guliashvili
Puppet Masters And Set Designers
Viktor Platonov, Luka Gonashvili, Aleksander Kheimanovski, Gela Jangirashvili, Aleksandra Luniakova, Oleg Ermolaev, Svetlana Pavlova, Giorgi Giorgobiani, Levan Kiknavelidze, Artem Ozerov, Avtandil Gonashvili, Tamar Chalauri, Tamar Kobakhidze, Nana Chezhia, Maka Pachkoria
Premiered: 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia
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