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05/28/04
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Since Otar Left (2004)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:52
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: A drama that's both funny and moving.
Theatrical Release:Apr 9, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $220,305
Synopsis: The crumbling squalor of former USSR city Tibilisi, Georgia, is the setting for a tale of three generations of Soviet women. Elder matriarch Eka (Esther Gorintin) lives for the letters from her... [More]
Starring: Esther Gorintin, Dinara Droukarova, Nino Khomassouridze, Temour Kalandadze
Director: Julie Bertuccelli
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Reviews for Since Otar Left
A film, in which fictional characters become human by talking as real people really talk.
06/24/04
Ms. Bertuccelli's direction is singularly graceful in allotting enough space to each of her three co-protagonists without tearing apart the fabric of familial solidarity.
04/29/04
Top CriticPaced slowly and deliberately, 'Since Otar Left' nonetheless provides sufficient narrative drive to sustain interest in the outcome.
06/02/04
Bertuccelli convinces us of her capability of sketching portraits of incredible characters that are credible.
12/01/04
Bertuccelli neatly unpacks these three women’s burdened lives and leaves us with a haunting souvenir—the last scene is a shimmering revelation.
12/09/04
A moving family drama.
06/11/04
Top CriticBertucelli has some pace problems -- the pokey movie is at least 15 minutes longer than it needs to be -- but she structures the story intelligently and cinematically.
05/21/04
In her first film, Julie Bertuccelli shows a pinpointed eye and a sweet gift for intimacy.
05/21/04
...deliberately paced but always interesting...
08/21/04
Everything about this subtly directed drama enhances its pathos and humor.
04/29/04
Julie Bertuccelli's very beautiful first feature is suffused with indelible humanist values and emotions.
04/27/04
You feel like you're watching a real family traipse through an uncertain world instead of actors creating relationships on the spot.
08/18/04
This emotionally rich situation is played for all its worth by the entire cast, but the standout is Gorintin.
08/19/04
Top CriticThe kind of small film ... that expands our understanding of the emotional economy of family life, with its ebb and flow of love and hostility, secrecy and egregious candor.
05/12/04
La principal fortaleza del film, además de la atenta mirada y la sensibilidad de Bertuccelli, es ese impecable trío de actrices.
03/30/05
Through its powerful emotions coupled with exquisite restraint, this 'small' film makes a big impact.
12/20/03
Almost unbearably moving at times, Julie Betuccelli's simple but sublime debut feature presents a portrait of maternal love and female fortitude that will reduce the stoniest of viewers to tears.
10/14/03
Since Otar Left deftly conveys the unsettling and painful things that can happen in the family circle even when individuals are only trying to act out of love.
10/12/03
If you want a film whose ending is happy and sad at the same time look no further.
08/05/04
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