OTAR IOSSELIANI |
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Country: USSR
Year: 1959
Duration: 18'
Direction: Otar Iosseliani
Writer: Otar Iosseliani, Ilya Khutsishvili
Cinematographer: Valiko Shanidze
Production:
Kartuli Pilmi (Tbilissi)
Sapovnela is "the flower that no-one can find". In this audiovisual poem, Iosseliani sings to the beauty of the flowers in a secluded garden. The director highlights the splendour of their colours, turning to colour for the first time ever. And he gives a voice to the petals with his beloved traditional music from Georgia. A staging that is ahead of its time, he proposes a hypnotic floral choreography that culminates in a devastating outcome based on the dominant effects caused by civilization when bursting into nature.