Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti... plot
"For a mother, a sister and a niece, nothing is the same... Since Otar Left"
In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, three women from three generations have become 'stragglers' after Otar left. They each have to survive in their own way. Grandmother Eka lives for the letters and phone calls from her son who now lives in Paris. Her daughter Marina is bitter about this prominent place that Otar occupies, while she alone bears the burden of caring for the fourteen ninety-year-old. Granddaughter Ada, a promising student, struggles with the limited future prospects in Georgia. One day, when Eka is not at home, Marina and Ada receive a phone call from Paris. Otar died in an industrial accident. They decide not to tell Eka the bad news, for fear it would kill her. But then Eka plans to visit Otar in Paris...