Vilnius, 2022. Media exec Marija (Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė) informs her screenwriter husband Vytas (Marius Repšys) she’s no longer in love with him, she wants out. And the very next day, Russia invades Lithuania’s neighbour, Ukraine. Reeling from these twin shocks, Vytas moves back in with his parents while Marija takes in a family of Ukranian refugees in his stead.
Andrius Blazevicius’ masterful feature (a Sundance prizewinner for Best Director) begins as a domestic drama and evolves into an engrossing satire about virtue signalling, nationalism, good intentions, and our comfort zones in critical times.
Beautifully directed… A drily witty, subtly searing comedy.
Guy Lodge, Variety
Stinging satire… Prepare to relate in a way that will almost assuredly be too close for comfort.
David Fear, Rolling Stone
Andrius Blazevicius
Zygimante Elena Jakstaite, Marius Repsys, Amelija Adomaityte, Indre Patkauskaite, Gintare Parulyte
Lithuania/Luxemburg/
Ireland/Czech Republic
2026
In Lithuanian, English, Ukrainian, and Russian with English subtitles
Best Director, World Cinema Competition, Sundance Film Festival
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Credits
Producer
Marija Razgutė, Brigita Beniušytė, Vincent Quénault, Jeanne Geiben, Jessie Fisk, Jakub Košťá, Vratislav Šlajer
Screenwriter
Andrius Blaževičius
Cinematography
Narvydas Naujalis
Original Music
Jakub Rataj
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