The Legacy (2005)

Synopsis of The Legacy

A long-standing dispute between two families comes to a strange resolution in this offbeat drama. Celine (Olga Legrand) is a twenty-something woman from Paris who receives word that she has inherited an aging castle in the Georgian village of Tblisi. Curious about the estate that's now hers, Celine and her friends Patricia (Sylvie Testud) and Jean (Stanislas Merhar) travel to Georgia to give it a look, but getting there proves difficult, and they're forced by circumstance to make most of the trip by bus. Sharing the bus with them are an elderly man (Leo Gaparidze) and his grandson (Giorgi Babluani), who are carrying a coffin with them. Celine and her friends learn that the coffin is empty, but won't be for long -- as part of a truce between two families who have been feuding for centuries, the old man has agreed to be executed by members of the enemy clan. At once appalled and fascinated, Jean wants to tag along and capture the grim event on film, but the journey turns out to be more dangerous than expected, and matters take an unexpected turn when the grandfather dies of natural causes before he can be hanged. L'Heritage (aka The Legacy) was a collaboration between two award-winning filmmakers, Gela Babluani and his father Temur Babluani. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Director(s):

Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani

Writer(s):

Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani

Producer(s):

Géla Babluani

• 2007 - Sundance Film Festival - World Cinema Dramatic Competition Jury - Special Jury Prize
• 2007 - Sundance Film Festival - World Cinema Special Jury Prize - Dramatic
• 2007 - Sundance Film Festival - World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize

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