Overview
Two old ladies live in a French chateau. When one of them dies, her sister, who lives in Moscow, inherits the property, which soon ends up in the hands of Japanese businessmen.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Achievement (1993)
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Music
Music by Nicolas Zourabichvili
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Cinematography
Cinematography by William Lubtchansky
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Otar IosselianiWriter
- Original title
- La Chasse aux papillons
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 4, 1992
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy, Germany
Cast
- Narda BlanchetSolange
- Pierette Pompom BailhacheValérie
- Aleksandr CherkasovHenri de Lampadere
- Thamara TarassachviliMarie-Agnès de Bayonette
- Alexandra LiebermannHélène
- Lilia OllivierOlga
- Emmanuel de ChauvignyPère André
- Sacha PiatigorskySultan
- Anne-Marie EisenschitzMarie
- Françoise TsouladzéYvonne
Maimouna N'DiayeCaprice- Yannick CarpentierMonsieur Capentier
Pascal Bonitzer
Pascal Aubier
Mathieu Amalric- Léonard Vindry
- Irena Oberberg
- Aleksandr Askoldov
- Emilie Aubry
- Natan Fyodorovsky
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