Glumac Endi Garsija kao Mihail Sakašvili, predsednik Gruzije

Jedna ekipa iz Holivuda počela je snimanje novog filma u Gruziji, ali se postavlja pitanje da li je u pitanju "vežba iz oblasti odnosa sa javnošću" kojom Tbilisi pokušava da svetskoj javnosti prikaže svoju verziju kratkotrajnog rata sa Rusijom, koji se odigrao u avgustu 2008.

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The city of Tbilisi has been turned into a film set. Floodlights beam down on parliament as American and Georgian cast and crew members run amok outside the presidential palace.

This multimillion dollar film, the biggest budget movie ever to be made on Georgian soil, tells the story of a journalist and a camera man caught up in the unfolding drama of the war in 2008. The Georgian government has actively supported the filmmakers by allowing them access to public buildings, but it denies that it is helping to fund the project. One of the producers is a pro-government member of parliament, Papuna Davitaia:

Papuna Davitaia: 'The Georgian government has no role in sponsoring film. Georgian government helps only with permit for shooting and money doesn't come from government.'

The film comes just over a year since the conflict during which time both sides have competed to put their own spin on what happened in August 2008. Then, Russian forces poured into Georgia to repel its attempt to retake the disputed region of South Ossetia. But neither side has ever been able to accept the other's version of events.

In addition to the Hollywood movie, Russian media has reported that the Serbian director, Emir Kusturica, is planning to shoot a screenplay to tell the South Ossetian point of view.

Tom Esslemont, BBC News

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has been turned into a film set
pretvoren u filmski set

cast and crew members run amok
glumci i članovi ekipe jurcaju naokolo

on Georgian soil
na gruzijskom tlu

allowing them access
omogućava im pristup

to fund
dati novac, finansirati

Permit for shooting
dozvola za snimanje

both sides have competed to put their own spin on what happened
obe strane se takmiče da svetu predstave svoju verziju istine o tom događaju

to retake the disputed region
da ponovo preuzme kontrolu nad spornim regionom

able to accept the other's version of events
u stanju da prihvati verziju događaja koju zastupa druga strana

to shoot a screenplay
snimati po scenariju, snimiti film