In this hilarious no-holds-barred Georgian satire, a hopelessly lazy paper-pusher tries to get his job back to avoid the wrath of his wife, by looking for a ‘grandmother’ – an influential bureaucrat who can provide a recommendation letter. Mikaberidze’s masterpiece exposes the alienation of the modern workspace and is as relevant today as it was in 1929. A gloriously imaginative firework of a film, banned for almost 50 years, this silent was recently restored and screened at the 2024 edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna.

Meg Morley is one of the UK’s pre-eminent silent films accompanists and has been playing alongside silent films since 2016. Chemi Bebia will also be screened with live accompaniment at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork at 19:30 on Sun 2 March.