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ThisisastoryabouttheattemptsofthreegenerationsofmentoswimadistanceequaltotwoEnglishChannels.Attheturnofthecentury,Dumbadze,theoldestamongthethree,reallyswamfromBatumitoPoti,however,nooneregistereditasarecord.Dumbadzethemiddle,in1947,gotlostinenigmaticcircumstancesbeforetheceremoniousswimmingoccasion.ButDumbadze,theyoungest,seemstobewithoutanyswimmingskillsatall…Nevertheless,hewadesintheseaandswims.Astonishingisthedirector'sabilitytojointhephantasmalcharacterofeventswithaprecisecharacterizationofeachage.Presenceoftheshootinggroupinashotisusedasanartisticmethod,whichallowsaspectatortobelieveinthestoryhappeningsinitsentirety.<br/> IrakliKvirikadze'sfilmTheSwimmer,madein1981,butnotreleasedinitsfullformuntil1987,tracesthefatesofthreemembersofthesameGeorgianfamilythroughsequencessetin1913,1947andthefilm'spresent.ItusesthemetaphorofswimmingtoexaminequestionsofGeorgiancultureandidentitybothwithinitsnarrowsurfacetimescaleandoverthewholeofGeorgianhistory.ThisarticleseekstoexaminethewaysinwhichTheSwimmerre-assertsGeorgianidentityinthecontextofSovietexperience.Itlooksatthefilm'sallusionstoGeorgianhistoryfromtheKingdomofColchis,visitedbyJasonandtheArgonauts,throughtheGreek,Roman,ChristianandOttomanperiods,tothelateTsaristera,theRussianRevolutionandtheStalinyears.TheSwimmerisalsoafilmaboutitsownmaking,anditsothercentralconcernisthequestionsraisedbyattemptsto‘filmthepast'.Likeotherfilmsoftheperiod,itexaminesthewayinwhichartandmemorycombinetoattempttoprovidehistoricalunderstanding.<br/> IrakliKvirikadze(borninGeorgia,1939)<br/> In1968,hegraduatedfromMoscowSFI.HeisknownasadirectorandthescreenwriterbothforhisownandNanaGiordzadze's,aswellasforotherdirectors'films.Since1991,hehasbeenlivinginLosAngeles,heworksintheUSA,France,Germany,Russia.
