Kote Daushvili

Tree of Wishes is exquisite for its beautiful cinematography and all star casting (from these especially should be noted Lika Kavjaradze as beautiful Marita, Sophico Chiaureli as extravagant Pupala , Ramaz Chikvadze as a corrupt priest, Erosi Manjgaladze as idealistic patriot and Cecilia Takaishvili who once again (since "I, Grandma, Ilia and Illarion") gave a brilliant performance (again as a grandmother and again giving the brilliant ending of the film). (imdb)

Gurami travels to Kakheti n to attend one of the oldest religious festivals in Georgia, called Alaverdoba! He expects to see a typical celebration, full of traditions, horseback riding, fencing, and he wants to simply have fun. But in the cathedral square, only finds drunken people who partied all night. The traditional religious celebration lost its meaning and became a chaos. He was hurt, he steals a horse and runs through the crowd, but will only have people's attention for several minutes.

The opening images of bucolic nature are followed by a world of illness: "Even the trees have malaria". And the young communists who take on this operation for sanitation find themselves in conflict with local superstitions. Many can't imagine pitting themselves against Uzhmuri, the Queen of the Frogs who haunts the marshes. She is said to lead anybody who chances upon her territory down into the depths, where she forces them to marry her.

Bashi-Achiki is a hero in personal and patriotic battlefields during an uprising against Persian conquerors.