Chantrapas

Chantrapas

122 mins | Drama | April 21, 2011

A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship in his homeland, Soviet Georgia, Niko decides to move to France, only to find that he has merely traded one type of interference for another.

Chantrapas

122 mins | Drama | April 21, 2011

Chantrapas
A filmmaker finds creative freedom more elusive than he imagined in this ironic comedy-drama. Tired of the state-appointed producers and censorship in his homeland, Soviet Georgia, Niko decides to move to France, only to find that he has merely traded one type of interference for another.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Sanguko Films, Pierre Grise Productions
Original title Chantrapas
Directors Otar Iosseliani
Writers Otar Iosseliani

Cast

Dato Tarielachvili

as Nicolas

Tamuna Karumidze

as Barbara

Fanny Gonin

as Fanny

Givi Sarchimelidze

as Grandfather

Pierre Étaix

as French Producer

Bohdan Stupka

as Boris Firsov

Bulle Ogier

as Catherine

Pascal Bonitzer

as producer