MAGDANA’S DONKEY, National Archives of Georgia

Genre: Fiction
Content: “Magdana's Donkey” is a 1955 feature film produced by the film studio “Georgian Film”. Magdana, a widowed mother, has two children, Mikho and Kato. One day, they found a dying donkey by the roadside. They nurse it back to health and name it “Lurja.” The donkey eases the burden of work for the widow and her children. From then on, Magdana is able to transport jars of matsoni (yogurt) to the city with “Lurja's” help. The family's happiness is short-lived. A merchant named Mitua claims the donkey as his own, insisting that it was the animal he had previously abandoned. He bribes the court and succeeds in taking “Lurja” away from the widow's family. The film received the prize for Best Short Fiction Film at the Cannes International Film Festival (France, 1956).
Year: 1955
Country: Georgia
Date: 27 October, 19:00