Panopticon (CinEast Festival)

Festival CinEast

Panopticon

Panoptikoni Géorgie-France-Italie-Roumanie 2024 | George Sikharulidze | vostEN | 95’ | digital | Cast : Data Chachua, Ia Sukhitashvili, Vakho Kedeladze, Malkhaz Abuladze, Salome Gelenidze

► Compétition, Karlovy Vary 2024

When Sandro’s father decides to become a monk, the introverted teenager finds himself lost in life and embarks on a conflicted journey of self-discovery. This leads him to new friendships and to explore his own sexuality. A gorgeously shot feature debut about a coming-of-age trapped between the millstones of tradition and modernity, dogma and the libido. 

« Panopticon may not have quite the all-seeing eye its title implies, but its gaze is piercing and sharp and strange. » (Variety)