
Thetwofriendsinthisstoryhaveenoughtroubleintheirlivesasitis,andyettheydecidetohitneighboringAzerbaijanforcheapdrugs.Oneturnoftheroadwronglytaken,andtheguysareintheterritoryofMountainKarabakh,ahot-spotofArmenian–Azerbaijanimilitaryconflict.Fallenprisonersofpartisans,theyouthstakeeverythinghappeningaroundthemwithstoiccalm...AnAkaMorchalidze'sdittonovelwasturnedintothefilmTriptoKarabakh.Aconsciouslychaotic,jaggednarrativehasbeenthedirector'schoiceofmeanstoconveythisstoryofexperienceofbeingyoungincontemporaryGeorgia,itsevenlyhumoroustonesettingoffallthemorepoignantlythetragicabsurdityofeventsevolvinginitsneighboringregion.<br/> LevanTutberidze(Georgia,1959)isanactor,director,founderofGeorgia'sfirstindependentfilmstudioAISIandthefilmcenterAmirani.GraduatedfromtheStateInstituteofTheaterandCinematographyofGeorgiain1982.TriptoKarabakhbroughtdirectoraFIPRESCIawardin2005;citesashisprincipalinspirationsthegreatGeorgiansOtarJoselianiandTengizAbuladze.

