A film by Julie Bertuccelli

Julie Bertuccelli’s acclaimed first feature is a charming, bittersweet tale of deception and affection. Three women—strong-willed Eka (90-year-old Esther Gorintin), her long-suffering daughter Marina and rebellious granddaughter Ada (Freeze, Die, Come to Life’s Dinara Droukarova)—live together in contemporary Tbilisi, Georgia. As they weather the routine power and water outages that plague the former Soviet republic, Eka pines for her beloved son Otar, a physician-turned-construction worker in Paris. Marina is as resentful of her mother’s obsession as Ada is supportive, until they receive tragic news from France that will change their lives forever…. Former assistant director to Tavernier and Kieslowski, Bertuccelli deftly spins the delicate threads of familial conflict and maternal love into a bewitching tangle of intergenerational duplicity.

DVD Special Features
- Gorgeous 16:9 transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Making-of documentary with 55 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage, narrated by director Julie Bertuccelli
- Twelve deleted scenes
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- Optional English and French subtitles

Running time: 99 mins
Color
In French, Georgian and Russian with English subtitles
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Not Rated