# Otar Iosseliani's best films

From Soviet Tbilisi to Paris, the humour and music of a free-spirited Georgian director: his films according to AlloCiné, Letterboxd and Piero Scaruffi's history of cinema.

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- Aug 29, 2026 · Adrien
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## Top 12

1. **Favourites of the Moon (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Objects and thieves in Paris; Special Jury Prize in Venice.
2. **There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young timpanist always running late in Tbilisi.
3. **Falling Leaves (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young technologist at a winery.
4. **Pastorale (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A string quartet on a country retreat.
5. **Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A well-off son slips away into the city; Prix Louis-Delluc.
6. **Brigands, Chapter VII (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The same actors across the centuries in Georgia; Special Jury Prize in Venice.
7. **Monday Morning (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A factory worker leaves for Venice; Silver Bear for best director.
8. **Chasing Butterflies (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A château, an old lady and her heirs.
9. **And Then There Was Light (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A West African village; Grand Special Jury Prize in Venice.
10. **Gardens in Autumn (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A fallen minister rediscovers life.
11. **Chantrapas (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Georgian filmmaker faces censorship, then Paris.
12. **Winter Song (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His last film, from the Revolution to present-day Paris.

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