{"id":1434,"date":"2016-07-14T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2026-01-26T22:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:18:55","slug":"since-otar-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/since-otar-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Since Otar Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>SINCE OTAR LEFT<a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.euraw.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/M.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-353 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.euraw.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/M.jpg?resize=133%2C46\" alt=\"M\" width=\"133\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a>\r\nGeorgia\/France 2005\r\nDrama 103 min<\/pre>\n<pre>Director: Julie Bertuccelli\r\nCast: Esther Gorintin, Ninio Khomasuridze, Dinara Drukarova\r\nAwards: Critics Week Grand Prize at Cannes 2003, Best 1st fiction at Cesar Awards, Best Actress (Drukarova) at Acteurs A l'Ecran 2003Since<\/pre>\n<p><iframe title=\"Since Otar Left  \u10e0\u10dd\u10ea\u10d0\u200b \u10dd\u10d7\u10d0\u10e0\u10d8 \u10ec\u10d0\u10d5\u10d8\u10d3\u10d0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B082aEXxk4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Otar leaves his home town of Tbilisi in search of a better life in Paris. His mother, sister and niece are left behind, their hopes kept alive by his occasional letters and phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>Documentary filmmaker Julie Bertucelli brings to the screen a deceptively simple story, with exquisitely drawn characters that will stay with you long after the film ends. The three women, Eka, Marina and Ada, who live in a small book-filled apartment in Tbilisi, are closely and tenderly observed. The absent Otar is a constant presence in the plot, and Eka displays a fierce pride and confidence in him. Marina receives news that Otar was killed in Paris and is distraught at the thought of her mother finding out the devastating news.<\/p>\n<p>The wonderful performances make this film stand out, particularly the 90-year old Esther Gorintin (Eka in the film), who started her acting career at 85.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/euraw.com.au\/movie-passes\/\">Book your pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINCE OTAR LEFT Georgia\/France 2005 Drama 103 min Director: Julie Bertuccelli Cast: Esther Gorintin, Ninio Khomasuridze, Dinara Drukarova Awards: Critics Week Grand Prize at Cannes 2003, Best 1st fiction at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-1434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euraw-stories","tag-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1448,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions\/1448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euraw.com.au\/staging\/3790\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}