简介：格鲁吉亚另一位知名的女导演娜娜-梅切莉泽的作品。 "FirstSwallow"hasthedeterminedjollityofapoliticaloperetta.TheRussian(Georgian)film,directedbyNanaMchedlidze,isabouttheeffortsofsomeferociouslyquaintGeorgianmentoorganizethemselvesintoarespectablesoccerteamattheturnofthecentury,butifyouthinkthat'sallit'sabout,youarewrong.Thefellowwhopullstheteamtogetherandkeepstheirspiritsupisadead-ringerforUncleJoeStalin.Theactingandoftenepic-lookingphotographyareterrible. Thiswasthebeginningofthecentury,whentheprovincialGeorgiastilldidnotknowaboutsoccer.Once,seeingasadultsnosefortheballonthefield,Hvichasurprised,buttounravelthemeaningofthegame,decidedinanythingwastoestablishitscommand.Soonhisteam"Thefirstswallow"wastheconstantwinnerallcompetitions.However,inthecitytoBritishvesselarrived-andtheBritishwillsoonhavecaused"Lastochke"thefirstandaseriousdefeat... 1975g.--SpecialJuryPrizeICFinTehran. 1976g.--HonoraryDegreeICFcolourfilminBarcelona. 1976g.--AwardforBestkinokomediyuVKFinFrunze. 1976g.--Themainprize(sharedwiththefilm"Asgoodmolodcawife")KFGeorgianfilmsinBatumi. 1977g.--BigcitiesOberhauzenaprize,adiplomaFIPRESCIjuryICFsportsmovieinOberhausen. 1977g.--GoldmedalVIVKFsportsfilmsinMinsk.…