Two old ladies live in a French chateau. When one of them dies, her sister, who lives in Moscow, inherits the property, which soon ends up in the hands of Japanese businessmen.
Direction
Iosseliani's surgical deadpan chaos.
Production
Decaying chateau as character, not set.
Director
Otar Iosseliani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Iosseliani banned all musical score, forcing audiences to listen to footsteps, wind, and existential dread.
A sly middle finger to 1990s panic about Japanese economic imperialism—made by a Georgian director working in France.
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