Ever since Thoreau published “Walden” in 1854, the eponymous pond has taken on a life far more metaphysical than geographic, appropriated by writers wanting to give a name to their own special place where life at some point in the past had the potential for time-stopping splendid isolation. In Czech director Bojena Horackova’s “Walden,” a lake in Lithuania named by the characters after Thoreau’s book is but one of many recognizable elements suffusing this low-key memory film, composed like a palimpsest where all influences are detectable.
Episodically constructed with conscious tips of the hat to Jonas Mekas, Eric Rohmer, Ingmar Bergman and Sharunas Bartas, the film has a quiet pull, yet the lack of chemistry between characters plus the piecemeal storytelling leave the viewer in customary admiration of co-dp Agnès Godard’s masterful framing without connecting to their emotions. , both as a teenager in early 1989 Lithuania, just before the collapse of communism,...
Episodically constructed with conscious tips of the hat to Jonas Mekas, Eric Rohmer, Ingmar Bergman and Sharunas Bartas, the film has a quiet pull, yet the lack of chemistry between characters plus the piecemeal storytelling leave the viewer in customary admiration of co-dp Agnès Godard’s masterful framing without connecting to their emotions. , both as a teenager in early 1989 Lithuania, just before the collapse of communism,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Lithuania has selected Šerkšnas (Frost), directed by Sarunas Bartas, for best foreign-language film for the Oscars.
The drama, which had its world premiere in the Director's Fortnight section at Cannes film festival this year, follows a young Lithuanian couple on a road trip from the Baltics to Ukraine's war-torn Donbass region.
The film was co-produced by Lithuania, France, Ukraine and Poland and features Vanessa Paradis alongside Lithuanian actors Mantas Janciauskas and Lyja Maknaviciute and Poland's Andrzej Chyra.
The film's production companies are Studija Kinema, KinoElektron, Insight Media/Tato Film, Donten & Lacroix Films, Knm and Reborn Production,...
The drama, which had its world premiere in the Director's Fortnight section at Cannes film festival this year, follows a young Lithuanian couple on a road trip from the Baltics to Ukraine's war-torn Donbass region.
The film was co-produced by Lithuania, France, Ukraine and Poland and features Vanessa Paradis alongside Lithuanian actors Mantas Janciauskas and Lyja Maknaviciute and Poland's Andrzej Chyra.
The film's production companies are Studija Kinema, KinoElektron, Insight Media/Tato Film, Donten & Lacroix Films, Knm and Reborn Production,...
- 9/9/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Stefan Pape
Lithuanian filmmaker Sarunas Bartas’ Frost – a road movie into the heart of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine – has an opening act that could well send you to sleep, with extensive character building, slow-burning and pensive in its execution. But the patient (still awake) viewers will be rewarded with a compelling final act that makes up for what preceded it.
Rokas (Mantas Janciauskas) bravely, if somewhat mysteriously, agrees to volunteer as a driver, and head all the way to war-torn Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid. Convincing his girlfriend Inga (Lyja Maknaviciute) to join him for this lengthy, precarious endeavour, they set off to lend a hand. Stopping off several times along the way to their destination, one night in Poland stands out, with Inga sleeping with Andrei (Andrzej Chyra) and Rokas indulging in a profound conversation with a French journalist (played by Vanessa Paradis) about love, and the sadness that comes with it.
Lithuanian filmmaker Sarunas Bartas’ Frost – a road movie into the heart of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine – has an opening act that could well send you to sleep, with extensive character building, slow-burning and pensive in its execution. But the patient (still awake) viewers will be rewarded with a compelling final act that makes up for what preceded it.
Rokas (Mantas Janciauskas) bravely, if somewhat mysteriously, agrees to volunteer as a driver, and head all the way to war-torn Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid. Convincing his girlfriend Inga (Lyja Maknaviciute) to join him for this lengthy, precarious endeavour, they set off to lend a hand. Stopping off several times along the way to their destination, one night in Poland stands out, with Inga sleeping with Andrei (Andrzej Chyra) and Rokas indulging in a profound conversation with a French journalist (played by Vanessa Paradis) about love, and the sadness that comes with it.
- 6/11/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Baker, Nyoni, Jasper and Carpignano join Cannes veterans Denis, Ferrara, Dumont, Garrel and Gitai.Scroll Down For Full List
Tangerine director Sean Baker, the UK’s Rungano Nyoni and Italo-American film-maker Jonas Carpignano will be among the buzzed-about names premiering new works at the 49th edition of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year (18-28 May).
Artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled the eclectic selection, comprising 19 feature-length films and another 11 shorts, at a press conference at the Cinéma Le Grand Action in Paris on Thursday (20 April).
Read more: Cannes 2017: Official Selection in full
Opening And Closing Films
Claire Denis will open the 49th edition – running May 18-28 - with Un Beau Soleil Intérieur starring Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu and Xavier Beauvois.
Us director Geremy Jasper’s debut feature Patti Cake$ - which world premiered at Sundance this year has been selected as the closing film.
Us Presence
It is one of two Sundance titles in this year’s selection...
Tangerine director Sean Baker, the UK’s Rungano Nyoni and Italo-American film-maker Jonas Carpignano will be among the buzzed-about names premiering new works at the 49th edition of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year (18-28 May).
Artistic director Edouard Waintrop unveiled the eclectic selection, comprising 19 feature-length films and another 11 shorts, at a press conference at the Cinéma Le Grand Action in Paris on Thursday (20 April).
Read more: Cannes 2017: Official Selection in full
Opening And Closing Films
Claire Denis will open the 49th edition – running May 18-28 - with Un Beau Soleil Intérieur starring Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu and Xavier Beauvois.
Us director Geremy Jasper’s debut feature Patti Cake$ - which world premiered at Sundance this year has been selected as the closing film.
Us Presence
It is one of two Sundance titles in this year’s selection...
- 4/20/2017
- ScreenDaily
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