66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
TRIBUTES / RETROSPECTIVES: Otar Iosseliani
Georgia 1962 45 35mm B&W
A young man and a young woman pursue each other through the streets of Tbilisi. They keep bumping into men carrying furniture, but they don’t stop. Wishing for some intimacy, they install themselves in an apartment. The electricity, the water and the gas arrive, along with a man who advises them discreetly about their private lives. Suddenly, with the consent of the other inhabitants of the building, the apartment is filled with the furniture. There is now room now for their love; everything is guarded by the annoying presence of a padlock.