Lundi matin (Monday Morning)

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Vincent (Jacques Bidou, producer of Raoul Peck's Lumumba and several other films, making his acting debut) lives in a little French town, filled with eccentrics, and he follows the same routine, day in and day out. Up at five a.m. every morning, he takes the car to the bus to work, where he and his co-workers enjoy smoking a cigarette during the ten-second walk from the bus to the chemical plant gate. There the dreariness continues. He gets no satisfaction from his work, and none from his home life, where his wife (Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky) nags him, his older son, Nicolas (Dato Tarielashvili), ignores him and his younger son, Gaston (Adrien Paschod), gets into mischief. All Vincent wants to do is relax and paint, but he rarely gets the time. One day, instead of putting his cigarette out and going to work, he walks away from the plant and enjoys his smoke. He then goes to visit his father (Radslav Kinski), who encourages him to take a trip to Venice and visit an old friend of the family. In Venice, Vincent is robbed. He meets his father's old friend, Enzo di Martino (played by the writer-director of the film, Otar Iosseliani), a vainglorious fallen nobleman who goes to great lengths to impress his guest. Vincent also meets and befriends Carlo (Arrigo Mozzo), who turns out to lead a remarkably similar life. Iosseliani won the Silver Bear at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival for his direction of Monday Morning; the film was also shown at the 2002 New York Film Festival.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Comedy, Drama
Directed By:

Otar Losseliani, Otar Iosseliani
In Theaters:

Jan 1, 2002 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

May 2, 2006
Runtime:

132 minutes
Studio:

Kino on Video

Cast

Jacques Bidou
as Vincent

Arrigo Mozzo
as Carlo

Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky
as la femme de Vincent

Narda Blanchet
as la mère de Vincent

Anne Kravz-Tamavsky
as Josephine

Radslav Kinski
as le père de Vincent

Dato Tarielashvili
as Nicolas

Anna Lamour-Flori
as Berthe

Adrien Paschod
as Gaston

Manu de Chauvigny
as Paul-Robert

Pascal Aubier
as Cossack

Otar Iosseliani
as Enzo di Martino

Armand Chagot

Pascal Chanal

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Critic Reviews for Lundi matin (Monday Morning)

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (1) | DVD (1)

After two hours of this languorous farce, most viewers will wish Ioseliani had kept such ponderous ideas to himself.

Nov 22, 2002 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jamie Russell
BBC.com
Top Critic
Such quirky characters and humorous observations give this slight diversion plenty of precious moments.

Jul 18, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Chris Wiegand
Boxoffice Magazine
There's...an underlying Old World sexism to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm.

Feb 2, 2003 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…

Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide
This is a film about the irksome, tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout. Even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life, the mood remains oddly detached.

Oct 18, 2002 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com
Writer and director Otar Iosseliani's pleasant tale about a factory worker who escapes for a holiday in Venice reveals how we all need a playful respite from the grind to refresh our souls.

Oct 16, 2002 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
Monday Morning is Otar Iosseliani's unmistakable homage to Jacques Tati.

Oct 8, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine