A subtle story of a lie for love that changes the lives of three women of different generations in today's Georgia. SINCE OTAR LEFT is an exquisitely bittersweet drama set in Tbilisi, the crumbling capital of the post-Soviet republic of Georgia. Three generations of women - the stoically beautiful Ada (Dinara Droukarova), her lusty mother Marina (Nino Khomassouridze) and whip-smart grandmother Eka (Esther Gorintin) - live together in a book-filled apartment. When news comes that Marina's brother Otar has been killed while on the job in France, Marina and Ada decide to conceal his death rather than break Eka's heart. Yet their lie soon spawns larger and larger ones.