Otar Iosseliani: Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird [იყო შაშვი მგალობელი] [OmeU] SU, 1970, R: Otar Iosseliani mit Elene Landia, I. Mdivani, Marina Kartsivadze, 81 Min

36 hours in the life of Gia, who plays the drums in the Tbilisi orchestra, and is defined as much by his friendliness as his frequent lateness. He seems to be more interested in spontaneous human contact than work. He is a dreamer who refuses to adapt and seems incapable of finding a relation to time that tallies with his environment. The film, which was shot entirely in real locations and features mostly amateurs from Iosseliani's circle of friends, recalls the French Nouvelle Vague as well as the Czech New Wave.

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