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The lyrical Georgian director Otar Iosseliani helms this engaging dreamlike fable about young lovers. It's co-written by Iosseliani and Erlom Akhvlediani. Dovzhenko was Iosseliani's mentor, though this gentle dramedy reminds one more of a Jacques Tati film in its lighthearted observations...

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Other Authors: Ioseliani, Otar Davidovic (Director), Fednev, Yuri (Cinematographer), Chanturia, Tatyana (Actor), Chiraqadze, Gia (Actor), Chikvaidze, Akakiy (Actor)
Format: Video Software Book Chapter
Language:Undetermined
Published: Paris Blaq Out [2005]
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Summary:The lyrical Georgian director Otar Iosseliani helms this engaging dreamlike fable about young lovers. It's co-written by Iosseliani and Erlom Akhvlediani. Dovzhenko was Iosseliani's mentor, though this gentle dramedy reminds one more of a Jacques Tati film in its lighthearted observations of the human condition. It almost is without dialogue, and the little dialogue hardly matters. It's set among the rundown building sites in Tbilisi, Georgia. It has a young worker (Tanya Chantouria) dressed in overalls wooing a pretty young lady (Gia Chirakadze) in a dress, as they walk along the alleyways of the dilapidated buildings. Though they are poor, they are in love. They imagine themselves in an empty apartment in a newly constructed building and their love makes the tap water flow, a light bulb shine and a gas stove turn on. The rub is when they get caught up in consumerism and start acquiring things such as a fancy chair, furniture and luxury gadgets, they begin to argue and lose their feelings of love. The film was banned by the Soviet authorities for excessive formalism, and it didn't make its first screening until the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. [Dennis Schwartz]
Physical Description:[DVD] (45 Min.) s/w dolby digital 2.0

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