Since Otar Left (original French title: Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) is a 2003 film by director Julie Bertucelli, based around three Georgian women living in modern-day Tbilisi. It focuses on the attempts of a mother and daughter, Marina (Nino Khomasuridze) and Ada (Dinara Drukarova), to hide the news of their brother's death from Marina's elderly mother, Eka (Esther Gorintin). The film was widely well-received, and won the coveted Critics' Week ...
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Since Otar Left (original French title: Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) is a 2003 film by director Julie Bertucelli, based around three Georgian women living in modern-day Tbilisi. It focuses on the attempts of a mother and daughter, Marina (Nino Khomasuridze) and Ada (Dinara Drukarova), to hide the news of their brother's death from Marina's elderly mother, Eka (Esther Gorintin). The film was widely well-received, and won the coveted Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
The three women all live in the same run-down apartment in one of Tbilisi's poorer areas. They bear many of the realities of life in modern Georgia, such as frequent power blackouts and dilapidated infrastructure. Amidst this, Eka remains the matriarch of the family. She retains an often fractious relationship with her daughter, Marina, but is extremely close to her granddaughter, Ada. However, it is her beloved son, Otar, that she is most attached to.
At the opening of the film, the audience learns...
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