Winter Song

The films of Otar Iosseliani, and especially his latest, defy description. The Event is an acrobatic piece that incessantly moves between stories, characters and eras. It opens with two prologues – the first set in post-revolution Paris and the second in the 2008 South Ossetia War - and then shifts to the different residents of a Paris apartment building, their colorful concierge and a gang of thieves on roller skates. The Georgian-French maestro casts wonderful actors (including Mathieu Amalric and Pierre Etaix) and in his own surreal manner brings together tragedy and comedy to produce an impressive and fascinating piece that creates a new world while keeping an eye on our present reality.