Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite in Remember To Blink). Kundrotaite: 'You cannot direct the children, the children direct you' Photo: Courtesy of Poff Adoption psychodrama Remember To Blink, sees Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite), a young woman who is hired to help a pair of young Lithuanian children (Ajus Atanavicius and Inesa Sionova) adapt to their new lives in rural France, come into increasing conflict with their new mum Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay). The perspective shifts repeatedly through the drama, which is playing in the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the Baltic Competition. This ambiguity is something we spoke to director Austeja Urbaite about. We also caught up with Kundrotaite and Azoulay to talk about their characters and how they prepared for the film.
French star Azoulay - who can currently be seen in the UK in Black Box, which is playing as part of the French Film Festival - says that not speaking...
French star Azoulay - who can currently be seen in the UK in Black Box, which is playing as part of the French Film Festival - says that not speaking...
- 11/25/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Karolina (Inesa Sionova) and Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) in Remember To Blink. Austėja Urbaitė: 'I see grown-ups in kids and I see kids in grown-ups. And I look for them behind the actions' Lithuanian writer/director Austėja Urbaitė’s first feature Remember To Blink is ambitious, as it charts a psychological tale of unexpected jealousy through the story of an adoption, which is told across two languages. When Lithuanian student Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite) arrives in France to help Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay) and Leon (Arthur Igual) with their upcoming adoption of two young Lithuanian children, everything seems fine at first.
But soon the burgeoning sisterly relationship between Gabi and Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) leads to an unspoken rivalry between Gabi and Jacqueline that becomes increasingly serious.
Austėja Urbaitė in Tallinn. Urbaitė: 'When you have something driving you from inside, you just do it' Photo:...
But soon the burgeoning sisterly relationship between Gabi and Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) leads to an unspoken rivalry between Gabi and Jacqueline that becomes increasingly serious.
Austėja Urbaitė in Tallinn. Urbaitė: 'When you have something driving you from inside, you just do it' Photo:...
- 11/24/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Serpentine imagery snakes through this debut from Austeja Urbaite. It also proves slippery in terms of genre with its tale of adoption beginning in traditional drama territory before slithering into an unpredictable psychological battle for control.
The life of French couple Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay) and Leon (Arthur Igual) seems pretty idyllic. They live in a countryside home, where they are in the process of welcoming Lithuanian student Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite) whose job is to ease the passage of two youngsters from her country into the French family as their mother is giving them up. Signs that this may not be quite the paradise it first appears are indicated early on when we learn that they initially only wanted one child but agreed to the pair in a bid to speed the adoption. Still, when sensitive little Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) arrive, everything goes well at.
The life of French couple Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay) and Leon (Arthur Igual) seems pretty idyllic. They live in a countryside home, where they are in the process of welcoming Lithuanian student Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite) whose job is to ease the passage of two youngsters from her country into the French family as their mother is giving them up. Signs that this may not be quite the paradise it first appears are indicated early on when we learn that they initially only wanted one child but agreed to the pair in a bid to speed the adoption. Still, when sensitive little Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) arrive, everything goes well at.
- 10/26/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Dangerous nature: Urbaité high on symbolism as she revives Gorgon myth in a French forest
Director Austéja Urbaité makes her feature debut with an adoption drama supplemented by themes of mysticism, jealousy and power dynamics. Perhaps due to the fact that Remember to Blink is the director’s debut, the work is in some ways quite ambitious and it establishes several themes of interest, which are seldom fully developed throughout the story.
French couple Jacqueline and Leon (Anne Azoulay and Arthur Igual) decide to adopt a pair of siblings from Lithuania. Since the children do not understand French, the couple hire a young girl, Gabriele (Dovile Kundrotaite), to initially help as a translator.…...
Director Austéja Urbaité makes her feature debut with an adoption drama supplemented by themes of mysticism, jealousy and power dynamics. Perhaps due to the fact that Remember to Blink is the director’s debut, the work is in some ways quite ambitious and it establishes several themes of interest, which are seldom fully developed throughout the story.
French couple Jacqueline and Leon (Anne Azoulay and Arthur Igual) decide to adopt a pair of siblings from Lithuania. Since the children do not understand French, the couple hire a young girl, Gabriele (Dovile Kundrotaite), to initially help as a translator.…...
- 10/22/2022
- by Eliška Soukupová
- IONCINEMA.com
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