Filmmakers of the novel by the Abkhaz prose writer Fazil Iskander, the creators of the feature film gave the name "Parting - while the Good." From the first frames and minutes of viewing, the viewer understands that this phrase has far from a lyrical and romantic color.
The two-part art drama "Parting - while the Good" was shot at the Mosfilm studio in 1991 by the famous Belarusian director Vladimir Motyl. The release on DVD was made by Azimut in 2014.
The film, based on the works of the classic of Soviet prose, Fazil Iskander, tells about the difficult fate of the simple and respectable Caucasian peasant Bagrat, who is forced to hide from his enemies and eventually becomes an abrek. To people whom Bagrat Kapsh encounters during the persecution, he says: "We part - while the good ones", "We part, until none of you betrayed me." He understands that the peasants who hid him, wounded from his pursuers, can be seduced by the declared reward and give it to the Cossacks. After all, they are constantly in need and deprivation. Life dictates its own rules, and sometimes, in hopeless situations, even good people have to act not very noble. That is why, in the context of the script, one of Fazil Iskander’s catchphrases can be traced: "Animals do not betray anyone at all. Only people betray."
The film has everything that is found in everyday life: love and hate, meanness and courage, betrayal and self-sacrifice. At any time, one can understand how decent a person is, not only by the actions that he performs in relation to others. Much depends on how honest people are with themselves, whether they manage to live as conscience tells them, and not how the circumstances dictate.
Acting
Work on the main role for Georgy Darchiashvili is the case when the viewer identifies the actor with the character whose image he embodies. Among representatives of the theater guild, this is considered the highest award for acting - which means he was convincing, managed to "get used to the role." Despite the fact that many years have passed since the filming, the performer of the role of Bagrat often has to hear an address addressed to him by the name of the main character of the film.
Georgy (Gia) Darchiashvili is a Georgian theater and film actor. Born in 1957 in Tbilisi, where he currently lives and works. Received professional education at the Institute of Cinematography. Shota Rustaveli, who graduated in 1982. In media publications and on movie sites, little is written about his biography, career and career. Information about his personal life and family, in addition to the fact that he is divorcing his wife Liana, is practically absent.
In Georgia, George Darchiashvili is known as a theater actor. He played more than 50 roles in theaters. Sandro Ameteli, M. Kostava, Royal District Theater. As for the cinema, in the Soviet period, in addition to Mosfilm, Darchiashvili starred in the Georgia-Film studio in the films of famous directors (Giga Lortkipanidze, Merab Tavadze). He participated in the filming of "The Return of the Baghdad Thief" at the Raji Kapoor Film Studio. The role of Prince Altaf in the joint Soviet-Indian work Black Prince of Ajub (1989-1991) added popularity to the Georgian actor. At the moment, the filmography of Grigory Darchiashvili has 16 projects, in 6 of which he played the main roles. It so happened that for the Russian audience, the actor is firmly associated with the personality of the proud and fair highlander Bagrat, who places above all honor, justice and kindness to people. “Parting - while the good ones”, “Parting, while none of you betrayed me” - the main character of the film addresses those people with whom fate brought him together: Lenala (Lyudmila Potapova), mullah (Musa Dudaev), Greek Arsenty and his son Mikis (Isfondier Gulyamov, Julien Rosales) and others.
Film strip decoration
The unconditional artistic merit of the painting is the original paintings of the highlanders' everyday life and the bewitching beauty of the Abkhaz nature (cameraman Vladimir Ilyin, artist Viktor Yushin, costume designer Irina Motyl, daughter of director V. Motyl).
Behind the scenes are the tunes of Gennady Gladkov, a composer who is recognized in Russian cinema as one of the best among filmmakers. In addition to famous comedy films (“Formula of Love”, “Gentlemen of Fortune”, “12 Chairs”) and philosophical tales (“Kill the Dragon”, “Ordinary Miracle”), his music sounds in such films as “Before the First Blood”, “ You - to me, I - to you ", " There is no turning back."
The author of a piercing and heart-pounding song about the aspirations of the Caucasian people is the famous poet and bard Julius Kim. His poem, entitled “Three Songs”, is a triptych, which, in addition to the song “Sad” in the second episode of the film, includes two more: “Table” and “Merry”. The text of one of them is built in the form of a dialogue:
- Why are you so divorced, the sonorous nightingale, and whom do you tease with your song? In the courtyard of inclement weather, sorrow and war - are you up to your songs these days?
- It is your business to fight in the field. It is your share - grief to grieve. Get away, don’t listen to my song. The time has come for me - so I am singing! And I sing songs loudly and cheerfully, not sparing my heart, how much it is! Get away, don’t listen, or sing with me! I have no other spring for songs.
