Brigands-Chapter VII
Synopsis
Vano is the king of a small country. It is a beautiful and rich land, coveted by its neighbours. Vano is always at war. As is to be expected, he is surrounded by dissatisfied, hypocritical, jealous and treacherous courtiers. Queen Eka is bored and even a well-designed chastity-belt is no obstacle. Luckily, the sultan's favourite, Lia, won in a lively battle, is a very good replacement queen. Unfortunately, she has not forgiven her captor and her vengeance takes the shape of a chalice of poisoned wine. But either Vano is too tough or Lia's hand is too light...
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Actors (8)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Pierre Grise Productions
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Carac Film, Bim Distribuzione, Soyuzkinoservice
- Film exports/foreign sales : Celluloid Dreams
- French distribution : Pierre Grise Distribution
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Martine Marignac
- Screenwriter : Otar Iosseliani
- Director of Photography : William Lubtchansky
- Music Composer : Nicolas Zourabichvili
- Assistant directors : Jacques Arhex, Julie Bertuccelli, Gabrièle Roux
- Editors : Otar Iosseliani, Marie-Agnès Blum
- Sound recordists : Florian Eidenbenz, Marie Guesnier, Pierre Mertens
- Costume designers : Ludmila Gaintseva, Cori D'Ambrogio
- Foreign producers : Thérès Scherer, Armen Medvedev, Valerio De Paolis
- Associate Producer : Maurice Tinchant
- Assistant Operator : Irina Lubtchansky
- Production managers : Merab Gagua, Macha Dovlatbeguyan, Pierre Wallon
- Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Christine Damiens
- Continuity supervisor : Lydie Mahias
- Production Designers : Manu De Chauvigny, Jean-Michel Simonet, Elena Zhukova
- Sound mixer : Elvire Lerner
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Russian, French
- Coproducer countries : Switzerland, Russia, Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : No
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About
"Iosseliani, eccentric by vocation and choice, bandles the horror of the repressive Stalinian system with unbelievable precision...By ignoring narrative convention, he makes the words useless. He tackles the arguments in his vain struggle against the cycles of historical activity with total freedom. "Brigands, chapitre VII" is an intelligent and sharp entertainment that plays down the seriousness and horror in order to reveal the full scope of the absurd." (La Republica)
"An ironic and surrealistic fable on the inexhaustible thirst for power and the inexorable desire to dominate that has always typified the human race." (Messagero Veneto)
