DEPUIS QU’OTAR
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Director:
Julie Bertuccelli
Screenplay: Bernard Renucci & Roger Bohbot
Cast:
Eka: Esther Gorintin
Marina: Nino Khomassouridze
Ada: Dinara Droukarova
Awards: Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival (2003),
Best First Fiction Film, César Awards (2004)
Running time: 102 minutes
Year of production: France / Belgium - 2003
Rating: Not rated (general public)
Gauge: 35mm (color)
Language: French, Georgian and Russian
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
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“With
a few shots and Esther Gorintin’s simple facial expressions,
Julie Bertucelli tells us more about the recent history
of that country (Georgia) than any documentary would have
done. It goes beyond the picturesque to reach the essential
- the inscription of three women in History, and the drama
of being uprooted - which entails that we intuitively
know Otar.” Samuel Blumenfeld | Le Monde |
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In this bittersweet
tale of deception and affection, Julie Bertuccelli tells the
story of three Georgian women who live together in contemporary
Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic. The strong-willed
matriarch Eka longs for her beloved son Otar, a physician
turned construction worker living in Paris. Her daughter Marina
is deeply resentful of her mother’s obsession with her
absent brother. Ada, Eka’s rebellious grand-daughter,
endures their bickering and yearns for a more adventurous
existence. When Marina and Eka learn of Otar’s death,
they face the seemingly impossible question: Should they tell
Eka the truth? In this poignant first fiction film, Julie
Bertuccelli, a documentary filmmaker, deftly highlights the
challenges that mothers and daughters from three generations
inevitably confront in an ever-changing world.
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