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Chantrapas (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
122 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Georgia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Otar Iosseliani

Written By:
Otar Iosseliani

Actors:
Dato Tarielachvili ..... Nicol
Tamuna Karumidze ..... Barbara
Fanny Gonin ..... Fanny
Givi Sarchimelidze ..... Le grand-père
Pierre Étaix ..... Le producteur français
Bulle Ogier ..... Catherine
Bogdan Stupka ..... L'ambassadeur
Lasha Shevardnadze ..... Le mari de Barbara
Nino Tchkheidze ..... La grand-mère
Nika Butikashvili ..... Enfant #1
Gela Katamadze ..... Enfant #2
Ana Tarielashvili ..... Enfant #3
Achiko Imerlishvili ..... Enfant #4
Bernard Eisenschitz ..... Un producteur
Pascal Bonitzer ..... Un producteur

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***Original language audio with English, French, Russian & Georgian subtitles***Nicolas is a headstrong Georgian filmmaker who is a thorn in the side of the Soviet authorities. He only wants to have the freedom to express himself but the party bureaucrats refuse to approve his films because they do not follow the rules. Nicolas immigrates to France - where he soon confronts other difficulties. Otar Iosseliani's most autobiographical work is a fictional story about a Georgian director which treats the subjects of exile and artistic freedom as well as the conflict of interests between the author and the film industry.

An artist finds that creative freedom is far more elusive than he imagined in this satirical comedy-drama from writer and director Otar Iosseliani. Niko (Dato Tarielashvili) is a talented but hard-headed Georgian filmmaker working in the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. Niko is determined to make his own films his own way, but as he butts heads with official censors and state-appointed producers, that isn't a simple matter. Working at home is all but impossible as he's constantly interrupted by his grandparents, and while his colleagues on the set and in the editing room are loyal, they often have to step in to help fight his battles over the content of his work. Fed up with the Soviet way of filmmaking, Niko leaves Georgia and immigrates to France, where a producer (Pierre Etaix) offers him a chance to use his talents in Europe. It isn't long before Niko realizes he's simply traded one sort of creative interference for another. Inspired in part by Iosseliani's own experiences, Chantrapas (the name comes from a Russian phrase for a stubborn ne'er-do-well) was an official selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

Nicolas is an artist, a filmmaker who merely wants to express himself and whom everyone wishes to reduce to silence. When he first starts out in Georgia, the 'ideologists' hope to gag him, concerned that his work does not follow the set rules. In the face of their determination, Nicolas leaves his homeland for France - the land of freedom and democracy. But the 'state of grace' will not last long.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 08 July, 2013.

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