Pastoral (1976)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pastoral |
| Original title | Pastorali (პასტორალი, Пастораль) |
| Country of production | USSR ( Georgia ) |
| original language | Georgian |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Otar Iosseliani |
| script |
Revaz Inanischwili Yakov Tripolski Otar Mekrischwili Otar Iosseliani |
| production | Grusija film |
| camera | Abessalom Maisuradze |
| occupation | |
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Pastorale , also A Summer in the Village (Original title: Pastorali, პასტორალი ( Пастораль , Pastoral)) is a Soviet fictional film directed by Otar Iosseliani in 1975 in Georgia .
action
A small village in Georgia. Herds of pigs, goats and cattle are driven through the unpaved roads. Four musicians and their manager arrive here by bus to prepare for their next concerts of pastoral music in the quiet of seclusion . The hosts' children have cleared their area on the upper floor of the house in order to make the two rooms available to guests. When the cellist goes into the village to buy several bottles of lemonade, the first contact with the villagers is made. Several teenagers just want to test his reaction by asking him to light a cigarette and in the beverage store he has to drink several glasses of vodka with four drunks who have been sitting there all day. He can only get free with difficulty, because the quartet's first rehearsal is already pending. This takes place under difficult conditions, because the children of the village come running and make a noise that is annoying for the musicians.
The host is the truck driver of the agricultural cooperative and has, among other things, the task of bringing the employees to their respective locations. While the older daughter of the family tries to calm the surroundings for the rehearsal, an agricultural plane flies over the house constantly, but the musicians get used to it. The employees have to walk back from the fields because the truck was loaded with bricks for the host's house to be built. Of course, this has no official character, but nobody says anything. Construction begins immediately, which in turn causes trouble with the neighbor, because a window is inserted in such a way that you can see her yard and she doesn't want that. The musicians use the day to take their big daughter for a walk through the beautiful landscape to an old water mill. On the way back, one of the guide's uncle takes them to the village in his service jeep. He then drives off again with his driver to catch fish with hand grenades on the nearby river, although this is prohibited. The ranger who has joined him turns a blind eye as this is a managerial employee. That morning he stole a scythe from an old man just because he cut some grass for his cow.
In the meantime, a larger party is being prepared in the house of the hosts, for which there is actually no special occasion. The fish are intended for this, there is also a suckling pig and several chickens to eat, there is no need to even mention the many drinks. After a short time, the cello player and the three girls from the musicians say goodbye to the party, which annoys the pianist because he doesn't want to celebrate alone with the others. But he does it so well that he ends the evening completely drunk and still argues seriously with his colleagues, but reconciles with them the next morning.
While the blankets are being hung from the beds over several lines for ventilation, it suddenly starts to rain heavily and if it rains in this area, it will rain for a long time. Since the musicians cannot practice all day either, they keep themselves busy with all sorts of games in the house, so that time flies by. At some point the rain is over, the time to say goodbye has come, the cost of the stay will be paid and the musicians will be given a basket of apples for the way home.
A blossoming apple tree next spring shows us that life in the village will continue unchanged.
Production and publication
The black and white film premiered in Moscow on July 2, 1979 under the title Пастораль , after having been shown in Georgia in 1976. Like all Georgian films , Pastorale was shot in the Georgian language and then dubbed in Russian for the other Soviet republics . In Germany , the first screening took place in February 1982 during the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival in the 12th series: International Forum of Young Films (short: Forum). On December 5, 1986 the film was broadcast on ZDF .
In the GDR , the film was shown for the first time on February 19, 1988 in the Babylon cinema in Berlin as part of the Camera Studio cinema program .
criticism
The Lexicon of International Films writes that this is an impressive film with its poetic realism, which takes a critical look at the supposed blessings of civilization.
Web links
- Pastorale in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pastorale at kino-teatr.ru
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, February 17, 1988, p. 8
- ↑ A summer in the village. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 20, 2017 .