His first film , '' Magdana 's Donkey '' ( 1956 ) , which he directed with Rezo Chkheidze , won the " Best Fiction Short " award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . He is most famous for his film trilogy : '' The Plea '' ( '' The Supplication '' ) ( 1968 ) , '' The Tree of Desire '' ( 1976 ) , and '' Repentance '' ( 1984 , released 1987 ) , which won him the Lenin Prize ( 1988 ) and the first Nika Award for Best Picture . '' Repentance '' won the Special Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival . In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival
1956 Cannes Film Festival
1956 Cannes Film Festival
Tengiz Abuladze