βThe Antiqueβ Review: An Unlikely Bond Blossoms in a Hostile Climate in Georgiaβs Stately Oscar Submission
12 December 2024 at 04:21
In Rusudan Glurjidzeβs weathered, wintry sophomore feature βThe Antique,β the title could refer to any number of withering relics: the handsome, richly patinaed items of furniture that Georgian immigrant Medea (Salome Demuria) illegally imports from her homeland to Russia to sell; the once-grand but disintegrating Saint Petersburg apartment that she buys at a reduced price, [β¦]