Georgia/France 2006, English, French and Georgian with English subtitles, 35mm, 76 min
Director: Temur Babluani, Géla Babluani
Screenplay : Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani, Jacques Dubuisson
Cinematography : Tariel Meliava
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Stanislas Merhar, Olga Legrand, Pascal Bongard, Giorgi Babluani, Leo Gaparidze, Augustin Legrand
Print Source : MK2
Three young French friends arrive in Tbilisi in Georgia to check out a castle one of them has inherited. They engage the services of interpreter Nikolai and set off on a two-day bus trip through rural Georgia . During the trip, they meet an old man and his grandson traveling with an empty coffin. They discover that the coffin is for the old man and that he has volunteered himself for execution in his village in order to end a long-running blood feud. Warned not to intervene, the friends nevertheless accompany them on their dark quest, thinking that they can take intrusive actions to prevent what they see as an avoidable tragedy. But things do not work out as anyone has planned.
The strange strength of this tale of a cultural clash between the city and the country is that you're never really quite sure who the story is about, what the best course of action is, or even whose side to be on. Winner of the Special Jury Award at Sundance.
The Cape Winelands will again at the 2012 edition of this festival present a series of Masterclasses and workshops. These events are sponsored by the City of Cape Town and Wesgro.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, 
