The Legacy (L'Héritage)

The Legacy (L'Héritage) (2005)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (1,333 ratings)

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,… More

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Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Sep 20, 2006 Wide
Sundance Channel

Critic Reviews

  • David Jenkins, Time Out

    Despite its undeniable thematic richness, 'Legacy' marks a slight return for Georgian director Géla Babluani.

  • Deborah Young, Variety

    Containing a bare minimum of suspense and excitement, story unspools like a shaggy dog story missing the punchline.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A unique road movie telling a dark moralistic ethnic tale of a long-lasting blood feud between two village clans with fatal repercussions.

  • Anton Bitel, Film4

    This grimly rewarding film reveals a nation trapped in its own historical legacy, and outsiders unable to understand let alone help.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    Father and son Georgian filmmakers take an intriguing look at the collision between new and old, east and west in their home country. The film is colourful and almost shockingly vivid, with a refreshingly foreign feel that's thoroughly accessible.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lafe F


    Two Americans (Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross) are guests at an old English mansion, where a strange set of events are taking place. A group of powerful individuals are gathered at the estate to receive their inheritance from a dying demonic host. Those who receive the legacy will… More

  • Dr Blood  


    Nice suspense and nasty surprises and not much wrong with it at all apart from a bit of a let down with the ending.

  • Walter M


    In "The Legacy," Patricia(Sylvie Testud) is in Tbilisi, Georgia to look into her inheritance which she learns is little more than a ruin but decides to take a look anyway with her friends Jean(Stanislas Merhar) and Celine(Olga Legrand) filming the process. Since it would be… More

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