Favorites of the Moon

1984 film

Otar Iosseliani
Gérard Brach^[1]

Produced byPhilippe Dussart^[1]CinematographyPhilippe Théaudière^[1]Edited byDominique BelfortMusic byNicolas Zourabichvili^[1]

Release date

1984 (1984)

Running time

105 minutesCountryFrance^[1]LanguageFrench

Les Favoris de la lune (internationally released as Favorites of the Moon) is a 1984 French drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani.^[2]

Cast

Katja Rupé as Claire
Alix de Montaigu as Delphine Laplace
François Michel as Philippe
Jean-Pierre Beauviala as Colas
Vincent Blanchet as terrorist
Otar Iosseliani as terrorist
Mathieu Amalric as Julien

Release

The film was released in France in 1985.^[1]

Reception

The film entered the competition at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Prize.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Les Favoris de la lune" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
^ Gian Luigi Rondi. Un lungo viaggio. Le Monnier, 1998.
^ Antony Fiant (2002). (Et) le cinéma d'Otar Iosseliani (Fut). L'AGE D'HOMME, 2002. ISBN 2825116955.

External links

Favorites of the Moon at IMDb

Films by Otar Iosseliani

April (1961)
Falling Leaves (1966)
Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird (1970)
Favorites of the Moon (1984)
And Then There Was Light (1989)
La Chasse aux papillons (1992)
Brigands-Chapter VII (1996)
Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)
Monday Morning (2002)
Gardens in Autumn (2006)
Chantrapas (2010)

v t e Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
1951–1968	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird / Mandy (1952) Executive Suite (1954) The Lovers / La sfida (1958) The Magician (1959) Rocco and His Brothers (1960) Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) Vivre sa vie (1962) The Fire Within / Introduction to Life (1963) The Gospel According to St. Matthew / Hamlet (1964) I Am Twenty / Modiga mindre män / Simon of the Desert (1965) Chappaqua / Yesterday Girl (1966) China Is Near / La Chinoise (1967) Our Lady of the Turks / Le Socrate (1968)
1981–2000	Sweet Dreams / They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981) Imperative (1982) Biquefarre (1983) Favorites of the Moon (1984) Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985) A Tale of Love / Wild Pigeon (1986) Hip Hip Hurrah! (1987) Camp de Thiaroye (1988) And Then There Was Light (1989) An Angel at My Table (1990) The Divine Comedy (1991) Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992) Bad Boy Bubby (1993) Natural Born Killers (1994) God's Comedy / The Star Maker (1995) Brigands (1996) Ovosodo (1997) Terminus Paradis (1998) The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) Before Night Falls (2000)
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