Otar Iosseliani Movies

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the...

Two old friends have urban adventures connected to the skull of an executed French aristocrat.

Vincent lives in a village, along the Rhône. Every morning he goes to the factory to work, and in the evening he takes care of his family. One...

A witty, despairing French-Russian-Italian-Swiss art movie set in 16th-century Georgia, Stalinist Georgia, contemporary Georgia, and contemporary...

Events in an idyllic African village are shown in detail in the period just before logging trucks come in and cut down the forest around the...

The horrific war in Chechnya, a neighbor of Georgia, gives a special poignancy to Otar Iosseliani’s fascinating, four-hour, made-for-television...

A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship...

Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia...

The story of VGIK teachers and students about the acting profession.

Nicholas is the eldest son of a wealthy suburban family, whose businesswoman mother makes deals from a helicopter and has an affair with her business...

A young worker takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to the years Tarkovsky spent in Italy, personal...

A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until his sad demise to a...

Part of a series in which foreign filmmakers portray a region or town in France. Otar Iosselani looks at the Basque region and its inhabitants.

An Young, inexperiences girl had decided to live in the countryside, but she can't find her place among gloomy, unfriendly locals, Can't manage to do...

Amidst the hills of the ancient city of Mtskheta, an aging man nearing his hundredth year is forced to make way for a new road being paved through...

A man tries to escape from his wife in order to visit an exhibition, where he sees a painting representing his own house.

Making of Monday Morning from Otar Iosseliani

A film adaptation of a short story by O. Henry. In a small neighborhood in Greenwich Village, two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, live in a...

A porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and deteriorate over time, sealing the fate of different...