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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 i...

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Corporate Authors: Films du Poisson (Firm), Arte France cinéma (Firm), Entre Chien et Loup (Firm), Studio 99 (Firm), Studio Canal+, Zeitgeist Films
Other Authors: Bertuccelli, Julie, 1968- (Screenwriter, Director), Renucci, Bernard (Screenwriter), Bohbot, Roger (Screenwriter), Fogiel, Yael (Producer), Gorintin, Esther (Actor), Khomassouridze, Nino (Actor), Drukarova, Dinara (Actor), Kalandadze, Temour (Actor), Bolkvadze, Roussoudan (Actor), Sarichvili, Sacha (Actor), Skhirtladze, Douta (Actor), Moundy, Abdallah (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:French
Georgian
Russian
English
Published: [Paris] : New York, NY : Les Films du Poisson ; Distributed in the US by Zeitgeist Films, c2004.
Subjects:
Secrets > Drama.
Deception > Drama.
Women > Drama.
Women > Georgia (Republic) > Drama.
City and town life > Georgia (Republic) > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Drama.
Georgians (South Caucasians) > France > Paris > Drama.
Tʻbilisi (Georgia)
Foreign films > France.
Feature films.
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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?
Item Description:Originally produced as a French motion picture in 2003.
Special features: Deleted scenes (27 min.); Behind the scenes (53 min.); U.S. trailer (2 min.).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Audience:MPAA Rating: Not rated.
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.
Production Credits:Image [cinematography], Christophe Pollock ; montage [editor], Emmanuelle Castro ; chef décorateur [production design], Emmanuel de Chauvigny ; conception costumes, Nathalie Raoul.

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