A faded film star in Georgia returns to acting and discovers an industry that has left him behind. Ana Urushadze’s wry and reflective examination of wounded pride and possibility, led by a magnetic Dato Bakhtadze, navigates comedy and melancholy with guile. Niaz Ninua has seen brighter days. Once a leading man, he stepped away from cinema some 15 years ago. When he decides to return, he discovers a landscape that no longer revolves around him. He attends a casting session for a supporting role in a debut feature directed by a young woman. The encounter bruises his pride, and he leaves unconvinced, dismissing the role as pretentious and insisting that the elderly and distinctly unflattering character bears no relation to him. Yet as he replays the encounter, Niaz begins to sense a pull to the role he so quickly dismissed. What had seemed beneath him starts to reveal contours he did not anticipate.