BRIGHTON 4TH

By Levan KOGUASHVILI

SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / ART FEST LTD. - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, BULGARIA / PROD

Drama - Completed 2021

Brighton 4th tells the story of Kakhi, a Georgian ex-wrestler who travels from Tbilisi to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, to help his son Soso find a way out of a gambling debt.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GEORGIA
    • Languages
    • GEORGIAN
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Levan KOGUASHVILI
    • Synopsis
    • Former wrestling champion Kakhi always has his family on his conscience this leads him on a journey from his home in the Republic of Georgia to visit his son Soso in the Russian-speaking neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. There he finds Soso living in a shabby boarding house populated by a colorful group of fellow Georgian immigrants. Soso is not studying medicine, as Kakhi believed, but is working for a moving company and has accrued a $14,000 gambling debt to a local mob boss. Kakhi sets his mind to helping his hapless son out of his debt, leading to situations as often comic as they are dire.