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After first meeting on the streets of Georgia a decade ago, director Ketevan Vashagashvili reunites with Zhana, now 29 years old, and her teenage daughter, Elene. Little has changed in the interim. Zhana works as a cashier at a local supermarket, still struggling to make ends meet.

Desperate to provide a more stable and dignified life for Elene, Zhana rents out her womb as a surrogate mother in Georgia’s unregulated surrogacy industry. This comes at a high cost as her body becomes weary after bearing five children. With each pregnancy, it also becomes more and more difficult to keep her growing belly a secret from Elene. The tables are turned when Elene matures and starts to understand her mother’s sacrifices and insists that Zhana follow her dreams.

The beauty of this heart-rending story lies in the strength and tenderness of the mother-daughter bond. Over the years, Vashagashvili has nurtured a close relationship with these participants—one that is full of trust. The result is a timeless tale about love that has no limits. Kinga Binkowska.

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    • Ketevan Vashagashvili
  • Producer(s)

    • Anna Khazaradze
    • Nino Chichua
    • Sylvia Nagel
    • Martichka Bozhilova
  • Writer(s)

    • Ketevan Vashagashvili
  • Editor(s)

    • Veronica Scotti
    • Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
  • Cinematography

    • Givi Tukhareli
    • Ketevan Vashagashvili
  • Composer

    • Kalin Nikolov
  • Sound

    • Nika Paniashvili

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