It feels very real, as if the filmmakers have recorded some actual real-life moments.
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07/09/04
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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
Since Otar Left tells a story of conventional melodrama, and makes it extraordinary because of the acting.
06/25/04
Top CriticA film, in which fictional characters become human by talking as real people really talk.
06/24/04
A moving family drama.
06/11/04
Top CriticDirector Julie Bertucelli...doesn't have a very distinctive visual style, but she's aided tremendously by the architecture and scenery of Georgia
06/10/04
Director Julie Bertucelli's film works so well because of its adherence to the basics of good writing and strong acting.
06/04/04
A story full of gentle grace notes and keen-eyed observation, writer-director Julie Bertuccelli's first feature is at turns funny, sweet, sad, trenchant and telling.
06/03/04
Paced slowly and deliberately, 'Since Otar Left' nonetheless provides sufficient narrative drive to sustain interest in the outcome.
06/02/04
Wonderful family drama.
05/28/04
Top CriticSeek out this quiet gem.
05/28/04
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05/26/04
Top CriticAlthough the premise is rather obvious, and at times a little too full of its own whimsy, the portrayal of the women is very incisive.
05/25/04
Since Otar Left could have played to broad comedy. Or it could have played to tearjerker sentimentality.
05/21/04
Bertucelli 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
...an insightful look at how three generations of women cope with changing times. Julie Bertuccelli's deft touch leaves one with a feeling of wistful hope.
05/16/04
It makes its points quietly, with sorrow and humor and a rich palette of human emotions that transcend language and culture and nationality.
05/14/04
A small film of surpassing beauty and sadness.
05/14/04
Top CriticIt's a wonderful film with a love of intimacy, an eye for potent small moments that can go by unobserved and a willingness to explore the emotional complications of family relationships.
05/13/04
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
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