Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (შაშვი შაშვი მაყვალი)

STORE

ONLY FOR YOU. BEAUTY AND COMFORT.

Etero, are you here?

It's me, Murman.

Good morning.

I've come a bit earlier today.

Put it in the stockroom.

Come.

Look at what I brought.

All new.

Look.

I'll arrange everything neatly.

Don't leave these here.

When have I ever left them?

This is the new one.

It has a different label.

The price and weight are the same though.

How many did you bring?

Thirty.

That's what we agreed last time.

Here.

Etero Gelbakhiani,

"Only For You", the store in the center.

15 white and 15 colored.

Are they yours?

They're grandpa's pride.

They're twins.

When they look in the mirror,

they think it's their brother.

Girl.

I never thought that you liked me too.

The door's open.

Don't say a word about this to anyone.

Why do you say this?

I'd never do that.

It would be bad for me too.

There you go. Your 48 years of virginity.

Neno!

Come, Etero.

I'm tired.

I can't stand it anymore, these detergents and shampoos...

All these drivers and distributors...

Can you check my blood pressure?

Come... Let's have some coffee too.

I didn't sleep all night.

Watched over two stroke patients and one wounded man.

You have arrhythmia.

This smell reminds me of my father...

May he rest in peace.

Neno,

I almost died today.

I nearly fell into the river.

It doesn't hurt.

It even feels good.

How many times have I told you to stop going to that ravine?

Those blackberries will be the death of you!

You're not young anymore...

Don't you remember that woman who drowned in the river last year?

I don't regret doing it.

You know, I saw such a beautiful blackbird.

It was the first time I saw one like that.

My heart fluttered.

It took my breath away.

It came close, its wings touched me.

It woke me up. Made me feel alive.

I caressed it. Hugged it.

I've never felt like this, Neno.

What blackbird, girl?

Hello, Etero!

You'll feed me, right?

I have to go to my night shift.

Hello.

Did I wake you, Etero?

No.

It's too early to sleep.

How are you?

Are you there, girl?

Why are you quiet?

I'm here.

Where else would I be?

Listen,

we have stuff to talk about.

But not now, later.

I'm coming by on Tuesday.

We can talk then.

Are you there?

Say something.

Yes, yes.

Let's talk when you come by.

Do you want me to bring something?

Detergents? Gels...

Nothing.

Just come.

And ask me that here.

First I'll come to you,

then I'll leave the goods in the market.

Okay.

Etero.

Don't call me. Text me.

Or I'll call when I'm alone.

Okay, Murman.

Till Tuesday then.

Etero!

Etero!

And you've become a whore?

Hello, Aunty Etero.

Hello, Aunty Etero.

Hello.

Hello, Londa.

I came by 3 times yesterday.

I called too. Your phone was off.

I didn't feel well.

Do you always leave this on?

Be careful not to start a fire.

I was here just yesterday morning.

To meet the distribution van.

He stayed longer because of the rain.

I felt so bad, I thought I was going to die.

Have you started it too?

Menopause...

High blood pressure, hot flushes.

It's because you haven't got a man in your life.

Did you want something?

Look at my hair.

I need a toner.

I don't have any left.

I'm going into town next week. I'll bring you some.

You know...

After this girl's wedding night, her mother-in-law

wanted to check her bed sheets for blood.

There was nothing to see!

The girl swore that some women are born without a hymen...

Did you bleed?

I've never seen a virgin without a hymen.

What are you looking for, Nukri?

Etero. How are you?

I was nearby and I saw your light was on.

Do you sell condoms?

No.

I've never sold any.

Bye, Etero!

Etero!

Hello, girls!

Come in.

I have coffee and chocolate waffles.

The kid's at grandma's.

My husband's at work.

Go. Take care of them.

Come on, please.

I could check your pressure too.

Don't forget, it's my son's birthday on the 21st.

It'll be just us girls, cake and liqueur.

Come!

So? Why didn't she come in?

She was tired.

What could possibly tire her?

She's been arranging and rearranging that store for 20 years.

She does her job very well!

Come on...

I can pick blackberries

and go into town every two weeks too!

It breaks my heart to see her alone like this.

It's not her fault.

If you had a father and brother like hers, you wouldn't say that...

They didn't let anyone near her.

It's true, her brother was so horrible!

He didn't have an ounce of kindness in him.

Listen, they needed looking after.

What else could they have done?

She was the only woman in the house...

That's how it is.

When you grow up without a mother...

Did you call me, Etero?

I must have dialed by accident.

Is everything OK?

Murman...

Yes, Etero...

Remember how much it used to snow in winter?

Yes, of course I remember.

One winter, my father took me to the graveyard.

We were at my mom's snow-covered grave,

feeding the birds.

Just the two of us...

I was happy.

And for a second

he seemed like the father other kids had.

He wasn't a stranger to me anymore.

Your father must've been a good man.

He didn't beat me.

Or scream at me.

Didn't scorn me.

But silently, he...

Blamed me for my mother's death.

I miss you, Etero.

It's late. Let's go to bed.

Yes, let's sleep.

Bye.

Etero!

Etero!

Etero!