Salt for Svanetia

Salt for Svanetia

Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Produced by JSC "Sakhkinmretsvi"

193063 min6.8 / 10

A visually striking Soviet documentary that captures the austere beauty and hardship of mountain village life through propagandistic ethnographic observation.

An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.

Questions people ask

  • Is Salt for Svanetia violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Salt for Svanetia scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Salt for Svanetia end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Salt for Svanetia sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Salt for Svanetia easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

71/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise61

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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