Jardins en Automne
Otar Iosseliani
Vincent is a very powerful minister. A big office, several people under his orders, secretaries, body guards, a chauffeur for his limo... His wife Odile spends her time spending her husband's money. A balance which will be broken when Vincent is surprised by a spontaneous demonstration: the come under his windows and for him to resign. Best film of the year 2007 – Jerusalem, Israel. International festivals: New York, Seville, Barcelona, Rome, Rotterdam, Gothenburg
With : Séverin Blanchet, Jacynthe Jacquet, Otar Iosseliani, Lily Lavina, Denis Lambert, Michel Piccoli, Pascal Vincent
Editing : Ewa Lenkiewicz, Otar Iosseliani
Image : Wiliam Lubtchansky
Sound : Vasiliy Filatov, Michel Filippi
Music : Nicholas Zourabichvili
Editing : Ewa Lenkiewicz, Otar Iosseliani
Image : Wiliam Lubtchansky
Sound : Vasiliy Filatov, Michel Filippi
Music : Nicholas Zourabichvili
Production : Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant
Born in Tblissi in Georgia, Otar Iosseliani interrupted his musical and scientific studies to go to the VGIK cinema school in Moscow. In his first short, "Avril" (1961), it is already possible to see in the form of a parable one of the constants of his intellectual position: his concerns about human relationships, about life. "Falling Leaves", his first feature in 1966, Fipresci Prize in Cannes, marks the beginnings of his international notoriety. Iosseliani gives us a biting satire on bureaucracy and careerism, and celebrates, with gentleness and humour, the virtues of a "real life". Afterwards most of his features were awarded prizes in many international festivals finally consecrating his work.