Chantrapas Explained

Chantrapas
Director:	Otar Iosseliani
Producer:	Martine Marignac Maurice Tinchant
Starring:	Dato Tarielachvili
Cinematography:	Lionel Cousin
Editing:	Emmanuelle Legendre
Runtime:	122 minutes
Country:	Georgia
Language:	Georgian French Russian

Chantrapas (Georgian: შანტრაპა) is a 2010 Georgian drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani. The film was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,^[1] but it did not make the final shortlist.^[2]

Cast

• Dato Tarielachvili as Nicolas (as Dato Tarielashvili)
• Tamuna Karumidze as Barbara
• Fanny Gonin as Fanny
• Givi Sarchimelidze as Le grand-père
• Pierre Étaix as Le producteur français
• Bulle Ogier as Catherine
• Bogdan Stupka as L'ambassadeur
• Lasha Shevardnadze as Le mari de Barbara
• Nino Tchkheidze as La grand-mère
• Pascal Bonitzer as Un producteur
• Gela Katamadze as Nicolla

See also

• List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Georgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Georgia elige "Chantrapas" para los Oscar. 1 October 2011. Also verified with Georgian National Film Centre
   - Web site: 63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar . 14 October 2011. oscars.org.
2. Web site: 9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar. 19 January 2012.