Description |
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, 1.85:1 aspect ratio. |
Cast |
Esther Gorintin (Eka), Nino Khomassouridze (Marina), Dinara Droukarova (Ada), Temour Kalandadze (Tenguiz), Roussoudan Bolkvadze (Roussiko), Sacha Sarichvili (Alexi), Douta Skhirtladze (Niko), Abdallah Moundy (Le berbère). |
Credits |
Image [cinematography], Christophe Pollock ; montage [editor], Emmanuelle Castro ; chef décorateur [production design], Emmanuel de Chauvigny ; conception costumes, Nathalie Raoul. |
Note |
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 2003. |
Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Three generations of women--ninety something grandmother Eka, her middle-aged daughter Marina, and twentyish, multilingual, well-educated, lively granddaughter Ada--share a rundown flat in T'bilisi, the capital city of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Eka is always certain of herself. Marina is never satisfied. Ada is fed up and trapped. Theirs is an accidental matriarchy, as Eka's beloved only son, the titular Otar, is in France. A trained doctor, he sends money home from his menial jobs as an undocumented laborer. Eka lives for his occasional letters and telephone calls, so when he is killed in an accident, Marina and Ada weave an intricate web of deception to spare the old woman from heartbreak. But what will happen when Eka decides to visit Otar in Paris? |
Contents |
Otar's letter -- News from Paris -- First lie -- Ada -- Waiting -- Niko returns -- Eka's secret -- City of lights -- Alone with the truth -- End credits. |
Awards |
Winner, 2003 Cannes Film Festival: Critics Week Grand Prize, and Grand Golden Rail-Julie Bertucelli; 2004 César Award: Meilleure première oeuvre de fiction (Best first work)-Julie Bertucelli. |
Note |
Special features: Deleted scenes (27 min.); Behind the scenes (53 min.); U.S. trailer (2 min.). |
Language |
In French, Georgian, and Russian with English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
Subject |
Secrecy -- Drama.
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Deception -- Drama.
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Women -- Drama.
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Women -- Georgia (Republic) -- Drama.
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City and town life -- Georgia (Republic) -- Tʻbilisi -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Georgians (South Caucasians) -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Tʻbilisi (Georgia)
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Indexed Term |
Femmes Géorgie (République) Drame |
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Motion pictures, Georgian.
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Motion pictures, Russian.
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Added Author |
Bertuccelli, Julie, 1968- Screenwriter. Director.
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Renucci, Bernard. Screenwriter.
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Bohbot, Roger. Screenwriter.
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Fogiel, Yael. Producer.
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Gorintin, Esther. Actor.
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Khomassouridze, Nino. Actor.
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Drukarova, Dinara. Actor.
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Kalandadze, Temur. Actor.
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Bolkvadze, Roussoudan. Actor.
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Sarichvili, Sacha. Actor.
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Skhirtladze, Douta. Actor.
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Moundy, Abdallah. Actor.
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Films du poisson (Firm)
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Arte France cinéma (Firm)
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Entre Chien et Loup (Firm)
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Studio 99 (Firm)
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Studio Canal+.
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Zeitgeist Films.
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Added Title |
Since Otar left-- |
Standard No. |
795975106337 |
Music No. |
Z1063 ZEIGEIST FILMS |
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