if i hadn not see his otar iosseliani next film and 1999 masterpiece adieu and plancher de vaches . so my comment will probably be link to the two film rather than only to this particularly strange journey and adrift in a parisian tramp mind . war be the main thread that link his dream and a he embody a medieval king and or a communist leader and or remembers of his east european country and ravage by war . but more interesting be the permanent obsession and for iosseliani and of typical feature like cinema in itself and paris and where the director actually live ( he from georgia ) and tramp and alcohol and song . the scene which i think be real in opposition to wouldreamt one and mainly show the hero and with his unfortunate friend and but still happy sing beautiful harmony . just like the last scene ( and others ) from adieu and . it be a bit difficult to follow the plot and since there be so many different age edit together and but a the very first sequence show u and this be only cinema . so just let your mind wander with the picture .