Motherland
Gimtine
Directed by
Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Greece
2019
96 min
- English
- Russian
- Lithuanian
Drama
Shortly after the fall of the USSR, 12-year-old Kovas travels to his mother Viktorija’s homeland for the first time. It has been 20 years since she escaped Soviet-Occupied Lithuania and has now returned to reclaim her beloved family estate. Viktorija’s former flame, Romas, claims to have useful connections and escorts them to the family land. When they find the tattered estate occupied by an impoverished Russian family, they must consider how far they are willing to go to keep their dreams intact.
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Credits
- Cast
- Matas Metlevski
- Severija Janušauskaitė
- Darius Gumauskas
- Barbora Bareikytė
- Screenplay
- Tomas Vengris
- Cinematography
- Audrius Kemežys
- Editing
- Gintarė Sokelytė
- Tomas Vengris
- Music
- Kārlis Auzāns
- Sales
- ALPHA VIOLET
- Production
- STUDIO ULJANA KIM
- Production
- LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCTIONS
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Thomas Vengris
Lithuania
Tomas Vengris studied at the Columbia University. He is a graduate from the Vilnius Academy of Arts and the American Film Institute Conservatory. Previously, he has found success with his short films. KALIFORNIJA (2012), his AFI Thesis film about Lithuanian immigrants in Los Angeles, was a national finalist in the Student Academy Awards, distinguishing it as one of the best narrative student films in the United States. His following short film, SQUIRREL, premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. MOTHERLAND (2019) is his feature directorial debut.