THE SUMMER OF '24
Lost in a Post-Soviet Georgia that’s at the crossroads, a young woman decides to drop everything
and hike the epic Transcaucasian Trail in an attempt to find herself a peaceful suicide.

GOAL :  If we can prevent just one young person from committing suicide, or if we can inspire someone to reach out and be a friend to someone who's suicidal, this film would be something to be immensely proud of.
GENRE : Coming-of-Age X Buddy Movie
THEMES : Guilt. Despair. Friendship.
REFERENCES : Wildlike (2014),  Into The Wild (2007), Wild (2014), 127 Hours (2010), Tangerines (2013)
STATUS : Currently in develpment.
SYNOPSIS : 
[Spoiler Alert]  Caught between her Aunt and Grandmother who want guardianship over her, and the colossal guilt of having caused her parents' deaths, Mari decides to leave Tbilisi for a country break in Poti.  However, instead of finding solace in the country, Mari’s guilt weighs even more heavily.  She eventually decides to head out into the wilderness to find a peaceful place to commit suicide.  On her journey, she meets with two European hikers who give her some clues to a particular cliff she’s looking for.  Then she runs into Nastya, a Russian social media influencer hiking to historic Mestia and Ushguli, whom Mari instantly finds annoying.  They go their separate ways.  Mari then comes across a herd of wild horses shepherded by the charismatic Tiniko, the only female horse shepherd in the country.  After leaving Tiniko, Mari continues on her way until she unwittingly runs into Nastya again.  Nastya has fallen down a ravine and needs Mari to rescue her.  They end up hiking together till they can find a way for Nastya to exit the Transcaucasian Trail to the nearest village.  Mari and Nastya get into a heated argument along the way.  An uneasy tension hangs over their journey.  But then, Mari finds the cliff she was looking for, the cliff where she wants a peaceful suicide.  When Mari tries to throw herself off the cliff the next morning, Nastya gets in the way and saves her.  Nastya talks Mari out of committing suicide.  They agree to hike together and figure out their personal issues along the way.   The next night however, they are attacked by a wolf that had been stalking them.  They fall into a crevice that they cannot get out of.  They go into survival mode.  Until they are eventually found by Trail Volunteers  who miraculously received the last ditch SMS Mari sent from her vintage flip phone.  Both Mari and Nastya return back to civilization deeply changed by their experience.  They form a lasting friendship that cuts across issues and borders.  
TRT : 85 mins
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