1966 · drama · arthouse · slice-of-life
Falling Leaves
Directed by Otar Ioseliani1h 31m1966
A young worker takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Our read: Falling Leaves (1966) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · arthouse · slice-of-life entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama / arthouse, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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