Monday Morning

Monday Morning

2002

While in previous films escape was lighthearted, here the director shows that one can never truly escape oneself. Human life is an endless loop: waking up, working, returning home. Every Monday morning is the start of the same monotony. We all have moments when we want to leave everything behind in search of something new. Otar Iosseliani tells us that escape is necessary, if only to realize that paradise is not in another country, but in your ability to see the world differently-that freedom is not granted by a spot on a map, but by a momentary pause in this mad race.

  • Film Title: Monday Morning (Lundi matin)
  • Year: 2002
  • Duration: 122 minutes
  • Technical Specifications: Color, 35mm film, 1.66:1
  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • Director: Otar Iosseliani
  • Screenwriter: Otar Iosseliani
  • Production Companies: Pierre Grise Productions, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Mikado Film
  • Producers: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant
  • Cinematographer: William Lubtchansky
  • Sound Engineer: Jérôme Thiault
  • Music: Nicolas Zourabichvili
  • Production Designer: Emmanuel de Chauvigny
  • Editors: Otar Iosseliani, Ewa Lenkiewicz, Valerie Deloof, Santiago Thevenet
  • Starring: Jacques Bidou (Vincent), Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky (Vincent’s wife), Narda Blanchet (Vincent’s mother), Radslav Kinski (Vincent’s father), Dato Tarielashvili (Nicolas), Adrien Pachod (Gaston), Pascal Chanal (Michel), Myriam Laidouni-Denis (Michel’s wife), Laura-Kay Monnet (Michel’s daughter), Nicolas Ponthus (Michel’s son), Pierre Tricaud (Michel’s father), Armand Chagot (Michel’s brother), Vincent Douhadji (The farmer), Anne-Jacqueline Bousch (The maid), Anna Lamour-Flori (Nicolas’s friend), Jérémy Rochigneux (The priest), Yannick Carpentier (The pharmacist), Christian Cabollet (The postman), Claude Coquard (Lucien), Lily Lavina (A gypsy woman), Igor Gonin (A gypsy), Fanny Gonin (A gypsy), Zina Gonin (A gypsy), Emmanuel de Véricourt (A gypsy), Sani (A gypsy), Clémentine Carlin (The little gypsy girl with the crocodile), Franck Kane (A Cossack), Amiran Amiranachvili (A Cossack), Pascal Aubier (A Cossack), Manu de Chauvigny (The “dame pipi”), Arrigo Mozzo (Carlo, Vincent’s friend), Nicoletta Prevedello (Carlo’s wife), Angelo Ragazzi (A friend), Giorgio Danieletto (A friend), Otar Iosseliani (Enzo di Martino), Giovanna De Nale (Martino’s servant), Dominique Pozzetto (The priest), Stéphanie Dupont (The young woman on the train)
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  • French Distribution: Les Films du Losange
  • International Sales: Les Films du Losange