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Since Otar Left...
Since Otar Left...
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/10
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SINCE OTAR LEFT...

Depuis qu'Otar est parti...

Directed by Julie Bertuccelli
France, Belgium, 2003
Drama

Synopsis

Leaving for France, Otar left three women behind, different generations of one family, fighting hard to survive in today’s Georgia. When the message of Otar’s sudden death arrives, his sister and niece decide to hide this from the grandmother, by writing letters and inventing him a happy life.

Synopsis

Leaving for France, Otar left three women behind, different generations of one family, fighting hard to survive in today’s Georgia. When the message of Otar’s sudden death arrives, his sister and niece decide to hide this from the grandmother, by writing letters and inventing him a happy life.

Our take

Between laughter and tears, audiences are invited to witness the lives of three Georgian women in modern-day Tbilisi. In this moving, modern melodrama, director Julie Bertuccelli lovingly demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the country and the struggles of womanhood.