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Irma is the beating heart of Kartli. Her small room is a community's shelter. After two heart surgeries and losing everything in Abkhazia, she started anew in a former sanatorium in Tbilisi. Working in a sewing factory for just 300 euros a month, she struggles amid rising inflation. After 33 years of waiting, she received a one-room apartment in the suburbs, but it has bare cement walls, is unfurnished, and lacks heating, forcing her to rebuild her life from almost nothing.
Help us strengthen the heroes of our film - our brave women! By turning our goodwill and warm intentions into even the smallest acts of material help, we can support this resilient community in living with dignity and furnishing their long-awaited flats.
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Visit the Cookie Policy page.Our brave women who, besides enduring war traumas, stigmatisation, and living in undignified conditions, continue to stay sane and fearless in the face of the autocratic Georgian government, amid rising inflation, wild capitalism, pharmacy mafia, and banking terror.
Hundreds of thousands of Georgians fled their homes in the disputed region of Abkhazia following the 1993 war. With hardly any shelter available in the country, many sought refuge in vacant government buildings. One such place was the former Kartli sanatorium, named after Georgia’s famed historical kingdom. Around 200 families settled there, believing their stay would be only temporary.
Three decades later, they’re still living there, in increasingly wretched conditions. A steadily widening crack is literally splitting the building in two. With the lights of Tbilisi twinkling in the distance, their dreams quietly fade in their “palace.” Any hope of returning to their birthplace seems lost.
This observational documentary records their struggle for a dignified life, but especially highlights their personal lives in the building, aided by home videos of weddings and birthdays. Leaving the building is inevitable, and highly desirable for most, but it will still mean being uprooted all over again.
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