"Opus" Is Fun But Doesn't Know Its Own Motivation
Mark Anthony Green was unable to connect all of the pieces in his debut feature film, leaving Opus as a middling entry in an already oversaturated genre.

Givi lives in Moscow, and Levan in Tbilisi. The friends had not seen each other for thirty years and found each other on a social network. It would seem that they have nothing in common. Givi is a film director and has family problems. Levan is lonely and lives like a homeless person. Givi is going through changes in his life, while Levan has not changed anything for a long time. But they have something in common – childhood memories. Thanks to communication on a social network, they begin to help each other. Levan opens up to Givi from a new, unexpected side, and Givi gets the opportunity to return to his childhood, to his hometown.
Mark Anthony Green was unable to connect all of the pieces in his debut feature film, leaving Opus as a middling entry in an already oversaturated genre.
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