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Pastorale (film)

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Pastorale
Directed byOtar Iosseliani
Written byRevaz Inanishvili [ru]
Otar Iosseliani
Otar Mekhrishvili
Produced byShota Laperadze
StarringNana Ioseliani
Nestor Pipia
Kseniya Pipiya
CinematographyAbessalom Maisuradze
Production
company
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
95 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesRussian
Georgian

Pastorale (Georgian: Pastorali / პასტორალი), is a Soviet film shot in Georgia in 1975 and directed by Otar Iosseliani.

Like all Georgian productions of that period, Pastorale was filmed in the Georgian language and then dubbed in Russian for other Soviet republics.

Synopsis

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In Georgia, four musicians and their manager arrive at a village to prepare in secluded silence for their next pastoral music concert. The host's children prepare the upper floor of the house for their guests. In this way, with the musicians coming home and participating in the life in the village, sections from daily life are presented with a poetic expression.[1] Musicians and villagers look at each other in amazement, thinking how different ways of life they are.[2]

At the end of the film, an apple tree blooming in spring indicates that life in the village will continue unchanged.

Filming technique

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The most important feature is that the sounds of life are heard in detail throughout the entire film. Sometimes the music playing is a complementary element, and even the intervening dialogues do not break this integrity.

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Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ Pastorale ("Analyse et critique"), Dvdclassik, Olivier Bitoun, le 12 octobre 2005 (in French)
  2. ^ a b Pastorali, Allmovie, Clarke Fountain, Access date: 20 May 2022
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