Conclave, a movie by Edward Berger, follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope
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Merab Ninidze
BrowsingMerab Ninidze is a Georgian actor with a prolific career in and outside of his native country. Ninidze’s recent international feature credits include Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and Dominic Cooke’s The Courier. On the television side he appeared in season 7 of the critically acclaimed “Homeland” as well as BBC One’s “McMafia.”
Starting at the age of 13, Merab Ninidze became one of the leading actors at the Georgian Rustaveli National Theatre. There he performed under the direction of Robert Sturua and many other notable directors. Ninidze’s lead performance in Caroline Link’s Nowhere in Africa was widely honored and the film won the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film. Tengiz Abuladze’s The Repentance won the Grand Prix du Jury at Cannes. Featured in competition at the festivals in Venice, Berlin and Cannes were Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov’s Luna Papa, Kornél Mundruczó’s Jupiter’s Moon and two films directed by Aleksey German Jr., Paper Soldier and Under Electric Clouds. For Delo, also directed by Aleksey German Jr., Ninidze won Best Actor at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Press release from Fosforo Press.
