{"id":400521,"date":"2022-01-28T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-brighton-4th-with-film-summary-and-movie-review\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:28:00","slug":"watch-brighton-4th-with-film-summary-and-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-brighton-4th-with-film-summary-and-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Brighton 4th with film summary and movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a402930dc03f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a402930dc03f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-brighton-4th-with-film-summary-and-movie-review\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Brighton_4th_Online%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Brighton 4th Online&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-brighton-4th-with-film-summary-and-movie-review\/#Matt_Fagerholm\" >Matt Fagerholm<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-brighton-4th-with-film-summary-and-movie-review\/#Brighton_4th_2022\" >Brighton 4th (2022)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Brighton_4th_Online%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Brighton 4th Online&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/review\/primary_image\/reviews\/brighton-4th-2022\/Brighton_4th_2022_1.jpg\"><\/img> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section> Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili\u2019s Tribeca prize-winner, \u201cBrighton 4th,\u201d is a tragicomedy that sneaks up on you stealthily before flooring you with an emotional sucker punch in the final reel. At first, the film seems to be merely about sad sacks who compulsively gamble, losing the money they\u2019ve been sent by family members in part because they can\u2019t help giving in to mounting irritation. The amusing opening scene, in which a man (Temur Gvalia) attempts to pay an obnoxious fellow gambler so that he\u2019ll leave, only to find himself forcibly removed from the room, is mirrored by a painful moment in the film\u2019s midsection, when a younger man, Soso (Giorgi Tabidze), gambles away his remaining dollars in an act of desperation, all the while being tormented by the eating habits of the guy seated across from him. Both Gvalia and Tabidze\u2019s addicts have a knack for digging deeper and deeper holes for themselves, and one imagines their lives would\u2019ve fallen apart completely had they not had the good fortune of being related\u2014as brother and son, respectively\u2014to the man who emerges as the heart of the film, Kakhi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>He is played by former Olympic world champion wrestler Levan Tedaishvili in only his second screen credit, following his portrayal of a titular role in 1987\u2019s \u201cKhareba da Gogia.\u201d His wonderful performance here recalls everything I loved about the late Richard Farnsworth, a veteran stuntman who began acting later in life and proved to have a grace and delicate nuance that was all his own. For his final role as Alvin Straight in David Lynch\u2019s 1999 masterpiece, \u201cThe Straight Story,\u201d Farnsworth embodied the stubbornness of a man determined to live his twilight years on his own terms, refusing to see doctors while going to enormous lengths to aid his family. The same could be said of Kakhi, whose journey from his home in Tbilisi to Soso\u2019s current dwelling in Brooklyn\u2019s Russian-speaking neighborhood of Brighton Beach accompanies the picture\u2019s delayed title card, arriving around the 15-minute mark. Like Alvin, Kakhi has an intuitive sense about people that enables him to look beneath their objectionable actions to find the aching human within. This results in numerous scenes that begin in a threatening manner before evolving into something disarmingly tender.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, the sequence where Kakhi is recruited by Georgian immigrants at Soso\u2019s boarding house as a heavy to intimidate Farik (Tolepbergen Baisakalov), the Kazakh employer extorting money from the women he\u2019s hired as motel cleaners. At first, Farik is enraged and defensive, but as soon as one of his victims starts having a seizure, the dynamic shifts completely, triggering a startling empathy within the thief. This serves as the prelude to one of the film\u2019s best scenes, where Kakhi reaches a place of understanding in regards to Farik that allows him to see what no one else can. He ultimately treats him no differently than he does his son, who squandered all the money he was meant to put towards medical school, leaving him $14,000 in debt to a local mob boss, Amir (Yuri Zur). On top of that, Soso is in need of a green card, which he hopes to obtain through a \u201cfake marriage\u201d to Lena, played by the sublime Nadia Mikhalkova, who was unforgettably featured at a young age in her father\u2019s 1994 Oscar-winner, \u201cBurnt by the Sun.\u201d It\u2019s clear, however, that there is genuine love between the pair, as she tends to his wounds even after howling in fury at his self-inflicted distress.<\/p>\n<p>In his director\u2019s statement, Koguashvili notes that for immigrants from the former USSR, \u201cAmerica\u2014the land of opportunity\u2014begins in Brighton Beach and ends in Brighton Beach, because they can\u2019t leave this place.\u201d Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (\u201cNebraska\u201d) lenses the neighborhood in a way that often makes it indiscernible from Tbilisi, where ancient statues are viewed in the same frame as the golden arches of McDonald\u2019s. A majority of the film\u2019s ensemble is comprised of nonprofessional actors from Brighton Beach whose mere presence enriches the film immensely. Many of my favorite musical sequences over the past decade\u2014particularly the breathtaking extended dance in Nana Ekvitimishvili and Simon Gro\u00df\u2019s 2013 gem, \u201cIn Bloom\u201d\u2014are from Georgian cinema, and the moments in \u201cBrighton 4th\u201d where characters break into song, dissolving tensions with their shared cultural heritage, are no exception.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>Aside from Tedaishvili, the film\u2019s other great performance is delivered by Kakhi Kavsadze, the Georgian screen legend renowned for his work in 1970\u2019s \u201cWhite Sun of the Desert\u201d and to whom the film is dedicated (he passed away last April at age 85, two months prior to the picture\u2019s world premiere at Tribeca). He plays Sergo, the boarding house\u2019s delightful opera-belting inhabitant who now works as a doorman but can\u2019t resist incorporating songs into his day, whether or not they are requested. Kavsadze\u2019s passing makes the film\u2019s final, perfectly pitched moments all the more astonishing in their poignance, yet when viewed simply on the power of its narrative, \u201cBrighton 4th\u201d has a cumulative impact that is unmistakable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kakhi is so determined to carry the weight of his loved one\u2019s problems on his shoulders that he can\u2019t even bear telling the truth of Soso\u2019s predicament to his wife (Laura Rekhviashvili), though she knows him well enough to see through every well-meaning deception. Tedaishvili never has to raise his voice in order to keep our attention arrested, and it is his quiet confidence, above all, that earns the film\u2019s biggest laughs. \u201cBrighton 4th\u201d could\u2019ve easily <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached its story with deadly seriousness, and there are many aspects to it that are terribly despairing. Yet Koguashvili finds such endearing warmth in the kind acts of his characters that we\u2019re left smiling through our tears, grateful for those whose sacrifices have made our lives possible. It is also a testament to what special qualities performers whose background is not predominantly in acting can bring to their roles. Just because Tedaishvili and Farnsworth have a genuine sweetness about them doesn\u2019t mean they are in any way soft. The inherent strength in their screen personas cannot be faked, and when it is put on full display, there is no one we\u2019d rather have in our corner.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Fagerholm\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/user\/primary_image\/matt-fagerholm\/featured_MattFagerholm.jpg\" title=\"Matt Fagerholm\"><\/img> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><figcaption>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Matt_Fagerholm\"><\/span>Matt Fagerholm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Matt Fagerholm is an Assistant Editor at RogerEbert.com and is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association.\u00a0<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>  <\/section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brighton 4th movie poster\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/movie\/movie_poster\/brighton-4th-2022\/large_m1YnknkI.jpg\" title=\"Brighton 4th movie poster\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brighton_4th_2022\"><\/span> Brighton 4th (2022) <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p> <meta content=\"NR\" itemprop=\"contentRating\"><\/meta> Rated NR  <\/p>\n<p> 90 minutes <meta content=\"PT90M\" itemprop=\"duration\"><\/meta> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/festivals\/sundance-2022-free-chol-soo-lee-the-exiles-the-princess\/thumb_free-chol-soo-lee-sundance-2022.jpeg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<p> 2 minutes ago <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/features\/camera-man-dana-stevens-on-the-life-and-times-of-buster-keaton\/thumb_unnamed.jpg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<p> about 3 hours ago <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/features\/a-tale-of-the-tapes-on-the-recreated-conversations-in-speer-goes-to-hollywood\/thumb_speer-goes-to-hollywood-article-header.jpg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<p> about 3 hours ago <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/festivals\/sundance-2022-jihad-rehab-i-didnt-see-you-there-the-janes\/thumb_jihad-rehab-sundance-2022.jpeg\"><\/img> <\/p>\n<p> about 3 hours ago <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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