《皮罗斯马尼》(1969)是他最著名的作品，也是格鲁吉亚最令人惊奇的作品。
影片模仿皮罗斯马尼的绘画，以朴素、风格化、宛如置身幻境的画面，叙述了这位画家的生平。
影片以缩影的形式和独特的节奏表现了这位艺术家的忧郁、孤独和缺乏知音的生活，几乎没有对白；但同时，影片却揭示了画家的内心世界，表现了他心驰神往的绘画主题，竭力去探索他的性格。这部影片的特点，就是具有某种庄严的情调，对最微小的细节也备加重视。

When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and people. There he meets a local beauty, Mzekala and fells in love with her but finds out that Torghva is also in love with her. Enraged by Imeda’s impudence Torghva calls him for a sword fight and is killed by Imeda. To avoid another round of blood revenge, the villagers let Imeda and Mzekala out of the village but someone who wants Imeda’s blood finds it out and follows them.