| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, all regions ; letterboxed presentation. |
| Language |
In Russian, Georgian and French, with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Amiran Amiranachvili, Dato Gogibedachvili, Guio Tzintsadze, Nino Ordjonikidze, Alexi Djakeli, Niko Kartsivadze, Keti Kapanadze. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, William Lubtchansky ; editors, Otar Iosseliani, Marie-Agnès Blum, Santiago Thévenet ; music, Nicolas Zourabichvili ; costume designers, Ludmila Gaintseva, Cori D'Ambrogio ; production designers, Emmanuel de Chauvigny, Jean-Michel Simonet, Lena Joukova. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
This crazy, satirical epic humorously portrays several eras in European history. Though the costumes and regimes change, the film suggests, the human motives of lust and greed remain the same. Jumping back and forth in time, the film condemns its characters to an eternity of irony. In one section, a medieval king named Vano, who has a penchant for exotic torture techniques, executes his wife for being unfaithful. Seamlessly the film flashes forward to the early 1930s, with another Vano, played by the same actor, portraying a low-down thief who suddenly seizes power. Intercut with all of this is the story of a contemporary Vano, a hapless drunk who wanders across the underworlds of Europe. |
| Awards |
Grand Jury Special Prize, Venice Film Festival |
| Subject |
Avarice -- Drama.
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Lust -- Drama.
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Avarice. (OCoLC)fst00824296
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Lust. (OCoLC)fst01003937
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Marignac, Martine.
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Iosseliani, Otar.
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Amiranashvili, amiran.
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Gogibedachvili, Dato.
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Tzintsadze, Guio.
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Ordjonikidze, Nino.
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Djakeli, Alexi.
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Kartsivadze, Niko.
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Kampanadze, Keti.
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Lubtchansky, William.
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Blum, Marie-Agnès.
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Thévenet, Santiago.
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Zourabichvili, Nicolas.
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Gaintseva, Ludmila.
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D'Ambrogio, Cori.
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Chauvigny, Emmanuel de.
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Simonet, Jean-Michel.
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Joukova, Lena.
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Pierre Grise Productions.
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Sept Cinéma (Firm)
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Soyuzkinoservice.
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BIM Distribuzione.
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Carac Film AG.
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Facets Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1565803639 |
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9781565803633 |
| Standard No. |
736899081522 |
| Music No. |
DV70487 Facets Multimedia |
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