9-Month Contract (2025)
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Synopsis
Tbilisi-based Zhana, who has intermittently experienced homelessness since leaving the orphanage she was raised in, and resorts to work as a surrogate to provide for her own teenage daughter, Elene. While the subject of her pregnancies remains unspoken between her and Elene, Zhana’s financial struggles persist — and she is exposed to shadowy surrogacy agencies who operate with impunity, volatile relationships with the prospective parents whose children she carries, and constant income insecurity. With no proper regulations in place, she pushes her body to the extreme through multiple childbirths, taking a dangerous toll on her mental and physical health, and eventually risking her life.
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Movie Details
| Geographical setting: | Republic of Georgia |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | 1991 Productions, CineDoc Tbilisi, MDR, Bertha Foundation, Eurimages, Fritt Ord Foundation, Chai Khana, Bulgaria National Film Center, InMaat Foundation, International Media Co., Ltd, Murman Original Pictures LLC |
| Production Countries: | Georgia, Bulgaria, Germany |
| Languages: | Georgian, English |
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Synopsis
Tbilisi-based Zhana, who has intermittently experienced homelessness since leaving the orphanage she was raised in, and resorts to work as a surrogate to provide for her own teenage daughter, Elene. While the subject of her pregnancies remains unspoken between her and Elene, Zhana’s financial struggles persist — and she is exposed to shadowy surrogacy agencies who operate with impunity, volatile relationships with the prospective parents whose children she carries, and constant income insecurity. With no proper regulations in place, she pushes her body to the extreme through multiple childbirths, taking a dangerous toll on her mental and physical health, and eventually risking her life.
Metrics
Movie Details
| Geographical setting: | Republic of Georgia |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | 1991 Productions, CineDoc Tbilisi, MDR, Bertha Foundation, Eurimages, Fritt Ord Foundation, Chai Khana, Bulgaria National Film Center, InMaat Foundation, International Media Co., Ltd, Murman Original Pictures LLC |
| Production Countries: | Georgia, Bulgaria, Germany |
| Languages: | Georgian, English |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.