Bachi Valishvili

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Bachi Valishvili , Georgian : ბაჩი ვალიშვილი, (born June 24, 1995 ) is a Georgian actor. He gained international fame through his acting debut in the film As We Danced (2019).

Life

childhood and education

According to his own statements, Bachi Valishvili wanted to be an actor from childhood. During his school days he came into contact with the director Temur Khutsishvili from the sixth grade. He set up a small theater group at Valishvili's school. Valishvili and four classmates belonged to this group, which also built a small stage together.

Originally, Valishvili wanted to pursue a professional career as a theater actor. However, his family refused this career aspiration. Valishvili then began studying psychology, and later applied to study journalism at the state Ilia University in Tbilisi . At this college Valishvili was able to pursue acting in parallel and he met the experienced actor Otar Egadze. He then joined the local theater group and appeared in a few small repertoire pieces.

Bachi Valishvili has been engaged to his girlfriend since summer 2019.

Valishvili claims to have started studying philosophy in 2020.

Success with "When we danced"

Valishvili achieved international fame in 2019 through his participation in the feature film When we danced by Levan Akin . In the Swedish-Georgian cinema production he took on the role of the charismatic and carefree Irakli, a budding dancer at the Georgian National Ballet in Tbilisi, who becomes the object of the lust of his competing fellow student Merab (played by Levan Gelbakhiani ). Valishvili was discovered by a casting agent on Facebook . He then sent more pictures that led to test shots. Due to the homoerotic theme, Valishvili was initially unsure whether he should take on the role of Irakli. Spurred on by friends and other factors, he accepted the offer and later viewed his involvement in the film as a kind of activism. The process of making as we danced lasted for one and a half years. During this time he made friends with his co-actor Levan Gelbakhiani and both supported each other during the filming.

After the release of When We Danced at the Cannes International Film Festival 2019 , the film received a lot of praise from the specialist critics as well as from the two main actors. At the same time, Akin's directorial work was submitted as a Swedish entry for the 2020 Academy Awards in the Best International Film category . In contrast, the premiere of the film in Valishvili's homeland Georgia in November 2019 was accompanied by protests in which 27 people were arrested. Other Georgian cinemas in which the film was shown had to be placed under police protection. Homophobic ultra-nationalist groups called for a boycott of Als Wir danced auf, while the Orthodox Church in Georgia described the film as unacceptable. Valishvili himself publicly supported the subject of the film together with his co-actor Levan Gelbakhiani and spoke out against the homophobia and hatred in his home country. He attributed negative reactions to illiteracy , a lack of awareness and a lack of sexual education in Georgia, as well as the fact that the country had not rid itself of the Soviet past. Valishvili received support from his family during this time.

Filmography

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ მადლობა, რომ თავგადასავალი გახადე ჩემი ცხოვრება - ვინ არის ბაჩი ვალიშვილის რჩეული (ფოტოები) . In: fortuna.ge, November 10, 2019 (accessed November 28, 2019).
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujCBzR1BmEw
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  5. ↑ #OK! ლევან გელბახიანი - ქართული კინოს ამომავალი ვარსკვლავი . In: okmagazine.ge, July 2, 2019 (accessed November 20, 2019).
  6. ↑ Dry, Jude: 'And Then We Danced' Review: One of the Best Gay Films In This Year's Oscar Race Comes From Sweden . In: indiewire.com, October 25, 2019 (accessed November 28, 2019).
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  8. ↑ ლევან გელბახიანი წარადგინეს EFA- ს საუკეთესო ევროპელი მსახიობი კაცის ნომინაციაში . In: radiotavisupleba.ge, November 9, 2019 (accessed November 22, 2019).
  9. ↑ 27 arrests during protests against ballet film . In: zeit.de, November 10, 2019 (accessed November 21, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Valishvili, Bachi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ბაჩი ვალიშვილი (Georgian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1995