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Saturday, Oct 29, 2022
4:30 PM (94 mins)
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BAMPFA
Pastorale
(Pastorali)
BAMPFA Collection
Rezo Tsarchalachvili, Lia Tokkadse-Djiegueli, Marina Kartzevadze,
Iosseliani’s lyrical and eccentric portrait of rural Georgian life hangs on a slim narrative thread having to do with the visit of a string quartet to a remote village. The encounter between town and country is treated by Iosseliani with characteristic wry humor, and the film’s subtext is a bold look at the conditions of women in the village. Albert Johnson wrote, “Pastorale is very much a tone-poem. Iosseliani’s sharp perceptions are constantly aimed toward sardonic juxtapositions, in the subtlest sense, to establish those wistful ironies of human behavior that exist when cultural patterns coexist behind invisible barriers.”
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Otar Iosseliani
- Rezo Inanichvili
- Itar Mekshrichvili
Cinematographer
- Abessalom Maisuradze
Language
- Georgian
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- 94 mins
Source
- BAMPFA