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| Director, Script: Diana Matuzeviciené, Kornelijus Matuzevicius Photography: Kornelijus Matuzevicius Editing: Danute Bartkuviené Music: Faustas Latenas Sound: Viktoras Juzonis Production Company, Source: LKS (Lietuvos Kino Studija) Nemencinés pl.4, 2016 Vilnius, LITHUANIA Phone: 370-2-764218 / Fax: 370-2-764254 LITHUANIA / 1995 / Lithuanian / B? / 35mm / 31 min |
Born in 1944 in Joniskis, Lithuania. Joined the Lithuanian Film Studio as a cameraman in 1970. Graduated from Moscow Cinematography Institute VGIK. He has filmed 40 documentaries and several hundred episodes for the newsreel Lithuanian Chronicle. Filmography as director includes Something from the Walker's Life (87), Illusions (93), Bread of Dust (94), Reminiscence (96), Anticipation (97). Diana Matuzevicien Born in Naujamiestis, Panevézys district. Joined the Lithuania Film Studio as director's assistant in 1969. Has collaborated with Kornelijus's films as scriptwriter and co-director in films including Illusions (93), Bread of Dust (94), Reminiscence (96), Anticipation (97). |
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| In this film from Lithuania, the dramatic fate of an elderly woman is revealed. Despite the long years of exile in Siberia and the tragedy of her lost home, nobody can destroy the spirit in her, especially when she tolls the church bells as if to confirm her belief in life. | |
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Director's Statement We always wanted to create films on our own. After the collapse
of the Soviet system, the established order at the Lithuanian
Film Studio also crumbled. The directors were no longer on the
payroll and the fields of activity that used to be distributed
among directors by apparent "mutual agreement" became open to
everybody. We thus had an opportunity to create our own films.
We took advantage of the situation and started working right after
independence was declared. We would shoot films no matter how
small the budget obtained. To tell you the truth, budgets were
very modest. We reduced the crew to two people. Diana and I proved
that, if extra funds cannot be obtained, you can always get by,
using whatever is available. It is very satisfying to work on
the set when each is doing his own job. It goes without saying
that, while shooting, I am a cameraman. We do not distribute duties
and our rights are equal. We both see things in the same way.
Often on the set, one look says everything. During the shooting,
we try to preserve as sensitive an atmosphere as possible, and
I think our characters sense that. |
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