Roxy
“ROXY”, a German-Georgian-Belgian co-production, written and directed by the genius Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze, is a compelling drama about the German taxi driver Thomas Brenner, an invisible East-German man with a plan.
Thomas is played by Germany’s outstanding acting talent Devid Striesow who has been decorated with numerous awards and nominations for both cinema and TV roles. And before you ask: Yes, it is the European answer to Martin Scorsese’s marvellous movie “Taxi Driver”! But it is more than just a contemporary update, reflecting the geo-political status quo we all live in.
Humble Thomas feels that life is surpassing him. But then, suddenly, the Georgian gentleman Levan and his dog Roxy come into his life and this brilliant movie loops up to be like the best US Indie films of the 1980s – with of course a rom-com twist.
Money, love or loyalty – like in all cinematic masterpieces we know, Dito together with his amazing cast (special respect to my dear buddies Vakho Chachanidze, Ivan Shvedoff and Thorsten Merten) and his highly gifted cinematic crew have managed to create a highly entertaining genre film that breaks all boundaries.
Niki Nikitin
Dito Tsintsadze studied at the Theatre and Film Institute in Tbilisi from 1975 to 1981. From 1990 on, he made several short films and TV movies for the production company Schvidkatsa. Tsintsadze won the Silver Leopard at the 1993 Locarno film festival for his film "On the Borderline" about the civil war in Georgia. After receiving a film scholarship for Berlin in 1996, Tsintsadze and his family lived alternately in Germany and in Georgia for several years. Since 1988 he was made 15 films from which "Lost Killers" (2000) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes IFF.
Filmography
Dakhatuli tsre (The Drawn Circle, 1988), Sakhli (House, 1991), Zgvarze (1993), Lost Killers (2000), Schussangst (Gun-shy, 2003), Der Mann von der Botschaft (The Man from the Embassy, 2006), Mediator (2008), Invasion (2012), God of Happiness (2015), Inhale-Exhale (2019), Shindisi (Safe Corridor, 2019), Roxy (2022)