Since Otar Left (original French title: Depuis qu'Otar est parti...) is a 2003 film by director Julie Bertuccelli, recounting the lives of three Georgian women in modern-day Tbilisi.

They endure the realities of modern Georgian life, such as frequent power blackouts and a dilapidated infrastructure.

Otar Gogebashvili, although a doctor, has recently moved to France because of newly independent Georgia's difficult economic situation.

Their life changes drastically when Marina receives a call from Otar's friend, Niko, who had accompanied him to France.

In a similar manner to the German film, Good Bye Lenin!, released in the same year, they decide to conceal Otar's death.

Instead of confronting them, Eka offers them a gracious way out by pretending that she now believes Otar could not make a living in France and had decided to move to America.