Cinephilia is a collection of nine interlinked stories. When Rolandas rents a room, he is visited by a young man who offers him €5,000 for a favour – filming the process of his suicide. Izabelė is drifting between reality and fiction. The film’s characters end up in situations reminiscent of Kafka’s The Trial or Polanski’s The Tenant. However, it all gradually turns out to be just a cinematic illusion. Rolandas and Izabelė are just actors, their fate controlled by the director.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 50 min.
- Country, year
- Lithuania, 2021
- Genre
- Comedy
- Language
- Lithuanian
- Subtitles
- English
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Director
- Algimantas Puipa
- Screenplay
- Algimantas Puipa
- Producers
- Uljana Kim
- Cinematography
- Feliksas Abrukauskas
- Music
- Pijus Džiugas Meižis
- Cast
- Vesta Sumilovaite-Terteliene,, Mantas Zemleckas,, Lukas Malinauskas
Sponsors and partners
- Supported by
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Director
Algimantas Puipa
A graduate of the Moscow Film School (VGIK) and has worked as a director at the Lithuania Film Studio. His debut was the two-part “Road Signs” from 1974. He has made more than 20 feature films throughout his career, which were screened and won awards at international festivals. In 1988 he won the Grand Prix at the Locarno International Film Festival for “Eternal Light”. His latest film is “Cinephilia”
