High art. I cannot believe that none has heard of this masterpiece. It's some of the darkest and most terrifying stuff I have ever seen in films. Starts seemingly innocent soon slowly gets darker and darker until the intensity reaches its insane climax. A wonderful character study with characters so complex that even they have trouble understanding each other. The acting was fantastic, tons of famous Lithuanian actors giving their best here.
From technical aspects this is beautifully made, the camera work is very harsh, colour palette vivid and bland at the same time which creates its unsettling atmosphere. The music is so beautiful, often ironically used, but it all fits perfectly.
The film is extremely subtle, to the point that many seemingly unimportant details later play a huge role in the story, yet they are never mentioned or reminded to us in any way, so we have to decide by ourselves if anything's shown in the film holds any importance. There is a lot of foreshadowing everywhere both in verbal and visual storytelling senses. The film leaves dozens of unanswered questions and that's for the better. The ending was extremely ambiguous and I bet it holds a lot more than I was able to understand, there are so many different themes hidden layers upon layers below each other that the film's depth is simply unexplainable in words. I can clearly see each person making their own interpretations of the story and especially the ending. This is truly the biggest hidden gem I've discovered from films.
From technical aspects this is beautifully made, the camera work is very harsh, colour palette vivid and bland at the same time which creates its unsettling atmosphere. The music is so beautiful, often ironically used, but it all fits perfectly.
The film is extremely subtle, to the point that many seemingly unimportant details later play a huge role in the story, yet they are never mentioned or reminded to us in any way, so we have to decide by ourselves if anything's shown in the film holds any importance. There is a lot of foreshadowing everywhere both in verbal and visual storytelling senses. The film leaves dozens of unanswered questions and that's for the better. The ending was extremely ambiguous and I bet it holds a lot more than I was able to understand, there are so many different themes hidden layers upon layers below each other that the film's depth is simply unexplainable in words. I can clearly see each person making their own interpretations of the story and especially the ending. This is truly the biggest hidden gem I've discovered from films.
