
The movie describes real events that took place in 1983, when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attempted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently convicted and executed.... (Full plot summary below)
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The movie describes real events that took place in 1983, when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attempted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently convicted and executed.
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| Cinemanía (Spain)Carlos MarañónHostages is right to tell a part of the story that was written with crooked lines putting the camera straight with a timely light. [Full review in Spanish] |
| The Film StageZhuo-Ning SuCombines arthouse sensitivities, historical gravitas and good ol' action setpieces to highly satisfying results. |
| SensacineXavi Sánchez PonsThe suffocating atmosphere that is present in all its shots manages to capture the lack of liberties and repression that was lived in the Georgia of 1983. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Film InquiryAlex LinesGigineishvili effectively translated this story into a taut thriller that never cheapened or exploited its subjects for cheap emotional moments or generic cinematic analogies. |