A person in a state of intoxication is able to reveal hidden thoughts to his interlocutor. He sometimes comes up with brilliant, as it seems to him, ideas. In this regard, in Russian folk art there are many proverbs. One of them: "What is sober on the mind - on the drunk on the tongue." The ancient Romans on this account had a more refined and concise statement: "Truth in wine." Actor and director Otar Ioseliani in 1999 filmed a film on this subject.
Filmmakers
This film is a joint project of French, Spanish, Italian filmmakers. The director is from Georgia, a sunny country in which winemaking has been revered for centuries. But before telling about Otar Ioseliani - the director, screenwriter, actor of "Truth in Wine" - it is worth setting out the plot.
Movie content
The owner of a huge rich house is the protagonist of the film “Truth in Wine”. The actor mentioned above played a man who spends his days in idleness. From idleness, he builds a toy railway in his apartment, annoys the young housekeeper. At the same time, he enjoys elite wine, which he periodically obtains by cunning: the spouse forbade drinking alcohol.
The son of the owner of a luxurious mansion is ashamed of his wealth and aristocratic origin. The young man strives for independence, and therefore earns extra money by performing simple work, such as washing dishes and windows. The son of the protagonist, perhaps due to a lack of communication, makes acquaintance with the local lumpen. A kind young man treats his new friend from time to time with wine, which has been stored for decades in the family cellar.
The wife of the protagonist is quite happy with her position. She does not suffer from boredom, nor from material wealth. A woman travels to “important” business meetings, she organizes receptions, dinner parties, in a word, enjoys aristocratic life.
In the life of each of the characters in the film, wine still plays a certain role. It heals or ruins, pacifies and excites, helps to find a common language, but often also harms.
In a rather specific manner, the film “Truth in Wine” was created. The actors did not translate on the screen clear film images. The creator of the film does not give certain characteristics to the heroes, does not clog the plot with unnecessary details, but gives viewers the right to themselves form an opinion about what is happening on the screen. This is the classic style of the director of the film “Truth in Wine”.
Actors and roles
Otar Ioseliani played the owner of the house, in the cellar of which there are a myriad of bottles with a noble drink. Nico Tarielashvili played the role of son. Lily Lavina played the wife of the owner of the wine cellar. The actors who performed the main roles in Truth in Wine are described in more detail below. The film also featured Philippe Bas, Amiran Amiranashvili, Narda Blanchet, Amiran Amiranashvili, as well as Mathieu Amalrik, a two-time winner of the Cesar Prize.
Otar to Ioselyaniyu
In the early sixties, Ioseliani put his first film - “April”. After some time, he shot the documentary "Cast Iron", depicting in it only one day in the life of the workers of a metallurgical plant. Already in these works, critics have revealed a peculiar style characteristic of Ioselania. Then came the film "Leaf Falls", awarded the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the award of Georges Sadoule for the directorial debut. In 1976, the premiere of the film "Pastoral" was highly praised by critics.
Since the beginning of the eighties, the director of the film “Truth in Wine” has worked in France, where he shot several feature films. Other films Otar Ioselianiyu: “Favorites of the moon”, “And the light became”, “Robbers. Chapter VII ”,“ Butterfly Hunt ”,“ Winter Song ”. “Truth in wine” is one of the few works of this director in which he also acted as an actor.
Nico Tarielashvili played in only three films “Walk in Karabakh”, “Robbers. Chapter VII ”and the film, which was discussed in this article.