Georgica (Nicander)
Georgica may refer to: * ''Georgica'' (film), a 1998 Estonian film directed by Sulev Keedus * ''Georgica'' (journal), an academic journal specialized in the Kartvelian studies * Georgica, New South Wales, a small rural locality within the bounds of the City of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia *', a 17th-century, German agricultural encyclopedia compiled by Wolf Helmhardt von Hohberg *Georgica Pond, a coastal lagoon in New York, United States *A British tenpin bowling company, reconstituted in 2009 as Essenden plc. *Georgics The ''Georgics'' ( ; ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek language, Greek word , ''geōrgiká'', i.e. "agricultural hings) the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from bei ...

Georgica (film)
''Georgica'' is a 1998 Estonian drama film directed by Sulev Keedus. The film takes its name from Virgil's poem Georgics, of the same name. Plot The action takes place in post-World War II Estonia. An old man lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet Union, Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young neglected boy, who has become mute, is banished from the mainland and sent to the island to keep the old man company. Both are haunted by memories, the boy about his mother and the old man about the years before World War I he spent as a young missionary in Africa. Cast *Evald Aavik – Jakub *Mait Merekülski – Maecenas (Boy) *Ülle Toming – Mother Reception ''Georgica'' was well received by critics. The Association of Estonian Film Journalists awarded it the annual prize of Film of the Year in 1998 and in 2006 Estonian film critics chose ''Georgica'' the best film of the 15 years since Estonia History of Estonia#Regaining independence, regained in ...
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