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Farewell, Home Sweet Home!
Farewell, Home Sweet Home!
7.8
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308 Ratings

FAREWELL, HOME SWEET HOME!

Adieu, plancher des vaches!

Directed by Otar Iosseliani
Switzerland, Italy, 1999
Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

Nicolas is the oldest son in a wealthy family. He works in a cafe, where he washes dishes and tries to impress the owner’s daughter, who has an abusive boyfriend. One night, he follows his gang in an adventure that is more risky than usual.

Synopsis

Nicolas is the oldest son in a wealthy family. He works in a cafe, where he washes dishes and tries to impress the owner’s daughter, who has an abusive boyfriend. One night, he follows his gang in an adventure that is more risky than usual.

Our take

A giant stork wanders nonchalantly through a vast family home in this enigmatic satire from celebrated Georgian auteur Otar Iosseliani. It’s a suitably Buñuelian image for such a sharp examination of the trappings of wealth, against which Iosseliani—and his protagonist—mount an intrepid critique.