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The behind-the-scenes production of Autumn Garden

[About the movie]

When the film was screened at the New York Film Festival, it won a lot of laughter from the audience. Director Horta Essoriani is well aware that in modern complex life, people have an increasing need for comedy, and they will be relaxed after watching the absurd actions of stupid people in the film with a downward attitude. Therefore, he carefully designed every character in the film. In the film, serious themes such as politics, power struggle, and social change are comedicized, focusing on portraying many "anti-heroes."

Many reviewers believe that the theme of the film is unstable and even surreal to a certain extent. For example, some specific animals, murals and even people are always changing. In addition to laughing at the actors' funny performances, the audience may feel confused about the logic of the film.

Although the director is Russian, the film "Autumn Garden" shows that as a director, he has been deeply integrated with French culture. It is a typical French comedy, even Early French cartoon show.

In addition to being simply funny, the film also uses many metaphors, such as using jaguars to imply power, and using jaguars as pets implies that politicians can wield power in their hands. Autumn is a beautiful season, and Horta Essoriani cleverly took advantage of this backdrop to record every beautiful scenery with its images.

[About the Director]

Otta Esoriani was born on February 2, 1934 in Tbilisi, the former Soviet Union. He has been engaged in film creation for many years. He has worked as a director, screenwriter, actor, editor, and also invested in the independent production of small films. He is a versatile person in the film and television industry and can be independent in creation. In 1986, he served as a jury member of the Berlin International Film Festival, and in 2000, he served as chairman of the jury of La Fémis Film Festival.

In most of the films he created, he himself served as director, screenwriter and actor. Representative works include: "Game Monday" Lundi matin (2002), "I don't want to go home" Adieu, plancher des vaches! (1999), "Brigands, chapitre VII" (1996), "Chasing Butterflies" Chasse aux papillons, La (1992), Et la lumière fut (1989), Favoris de la lune, Les (1984), Pastorali (1975), Everyday Life "Iko shashvi mgalobeli (1970), "Falling Leaves" Giorgobistve (1966), "April" Aprili (1961), etc. Many of these films have won multiple world-class film festival awards, especially "Bandit Chapter 7", which has won many awards. Although Horta Essoliani is Russian, his thoughts are integrated too deeply into French culture. In "The Autumn Garden", he sublimated French culture and turned it into an authentic novel. French comedy.

[About the actor]

Severin Blanchet, who plays Vincent in the film, is an actor with great comedy talent. When he was forced to leave the office and opened his crossed legs at a snail's pace, the audience often did not think that he could be a political figure, but thought that he was as funny and cute as the uncle next door. Severy Blanchet is a member of Les Ateliers Varan and a versatile actor in film and television. He has worked as an actor, screenwriter, composer, photographer, etc. Representative works include: Tinpis Run (1991), Silence des organs, Le (1976), etc.

Michel Piccoli is an actor with great box-office appeal. He plays the mother of the hero Vincent in "The Autumn Garden". She is humorous and has a cheerful and open-minded personality. In a positive sense, she is Vincent's spiritual mentor. In terms of the funny point of the film, she is the one who leads Vincent, who is already a middle-aged man, to have fun everywhere.

In addition to the main actors, the other supporting actors are also very characterful, including of course the director Horta Essoriani himself. Pascal Vincent, who plays Theotier in the film, is also a famous French comedy master who has starred in films such as "The Trial of Love". The beautiful and gorgeous actress Lily Lavina is the director's favorite actress and has starred in his "Game Monday", "I Don't Want to Go Home" and other films.

[About the image]

The autumn scenery in the film corresponds to the theme and plays a very important role. In the autumn of France, the scenery is very charming, and the photographer records every beautiful scene with his hands. Viewers can see through the images the French people's love for the beautiful scenery of their homeland.