Beginning (Georgian: დასაწყისი, dasats’q’isi, Dasatskisi, working title: Naked Sky) is a 2020 Georgian-French drama film, directed by Déa Kulumbegashvili, about the wife of a Jehovah's Witness leader who becomes disillusioned with her life inside a patriarchal religious community after its place of worship is firebombed by violent extremists.
Beginning received mostly favourable reviews from critics, with the direction compared to that of Austrian director Michael Haneke.
[2] This event is the starting point of the film, which focuses on Yana's interior life and emotional deterioration after David apparently does not understand what she is trying to express, and repeatedly says that something is wrong with her.
He decides to present himself to the elders of the church and ask them for funding for the construction of a new Kingdom Hall, leaving Yana alone with their son Giorgi.
David returns home, but in the morning Yana finds him listening to an audio recording of the questions she was asked earlier by the detective.
[11] The film received mostly favourable reviews from critics, with the direction compared to that of Austrian director Michael Haneke.