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Since Otar Left - Depuis qu'Otar est parti (2003)
IMDb Rating 7.6
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Dinara Drukarova Ada
Esther Gorintin Eka
Nino Khomassouridze
Nino Khomasuridze Marina
Temur Kalandadze Tengiz (as Temour Kalandadze)
Rusudan Bolqvadze Rusiko (as Roussoudan Bolkvadze)
Sasha Sarishvili Alexi (as Sacha Sarichvili)
Duta Skhirtladze Niko (as Douta Skhirtladze)
Abdellah Moundy Le berbère (as Abdallah Moundy)
Mzia Eristavi Dora
Micha Eristavi Fils Dora
Misha Eristavi Fils Dora
Plot
Julie Bertucelli's acclaimed first feature is a charming, bittersweet tale of deception and affection. Three women - strong-willed Eka (90-year-old Esther Gorintin), her long-suffering daughter Marina and rebellious granddaughter Ada (Freeze, Die, Come to Life's Dinara Droukarova) - live together in contemporary Tbilisi, Georgia. As they weather the routine power and water outages that plague the former Soviet republic, Eka pines for her beloved son Otar, a physician-turned-construction worker in Paris. Marina is as resentful of her mother's obsession as Ada is supportive, until they receive tragic news from France that will change their lives forever...Former assistant director to Tavernier and Kieslowski, Bertuccelli deftly spins the delicate threads of familial conflict and maternal love into a bewitching tangle of intergenerational duplicity.
Movie Details
Genre Drama; Foreign
Director Julie Bertuccelli; Julie Bertucelli
Producer Yael Fogiel
Writer Julie Bertuccelli; Bernard Renucci; Julie Bertucelli
Studio Zeitgeist
Country France
Language Georgian
Audience Rating PG-13
Running Time 99 mins
Movie Release Date 10/13/2003
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 680
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 9/1/2005
Product Details
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 795975106337
Release Date 1/25/2005
Subtitles English; French
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
GEORGIAN: Dolby Digital Stereo
RUSSIAN: Dolby Digital Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Making of documentary with 55 minutes of behind the scenes footage, narrated by director Julie Bertuccelli
Twelve deleted scenes
U.S. Theatrical Trailer
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