Tbilisi International Film Festival together with "Amirani" Cinema invites viewers, friends, supporters, cinematographers, film lovers, students, partners of the festival, and sponsors to a special screening.
On the occasion of European Art House Cinema Day, a newly restored, digital copy of “O Lucky Man!”
by the famous British director Lindsay Anderson will be shown with Georgian subtitles.
European Art House Cinema Day is celebrated for the eighth time this year. It is initiated by the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas and co-financed by Creative Europe, Eurimages, Europa Cinema and the German Federal Film Center.
On November 12, screenings of art-house films, exhibitions, discussions, meetings with film professionals and many other events will be held in 700 cinemas across 40 European countries.
"Amirani" cinema joins this celebration of cinema and, on the initiative of the Tbilisi International Film Festival, offers the audience the well-known British director Lindsay Anderson's (1923-1984) film "O, Lucky Man".
2023 is an anniversary for both the director and the film. Along with the director's 100th birthday, the 50th anniversary of the release of the film is celebrated.
Festival team will briefly introduce the program of the 24th Tbilisi International Film Festival to the audience before the screening,
Information about the director and the film: English director, film critic and representative of the British New Wave Lindsay Anderson mainly was a director of theater plays and TV films.
He was also successful in documentary cinema.Later he directed several very successful feature films. "O Lucky Man!" is the second part of the trilogy. The first part of the trilogy was the film "If" (1968), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Golden Globes in 1970. The third part of the trilogy is "Britannia Hospital" (1982).
"O, Lucky Man!" is the most outstanding film of the trilogy and it holds a special place in British cinema. The film continues the story of Malcolm McDowell's character, Mike Travis. There are many elements of social satire and realism in it.
According to film critics, the success of the film was also due to the songs of Alan Price, a former member of the British band "Animals". In 1974, "O, Lucky Man" won the "BAFTA" award from the British Film Institute. Same year, it was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
In the Soviet Union, the film was released in 1975, but the Soviet censors cut a number of scenes from the film.
Running Time: 178 min.
The price of the ticket is the same as during the Tbilisi Film Festival - 5.00 GEL.
