Three years after the end of the WWII, Lithuania still struggles under the Russian occupation and the morale of the nation is totally ruined. Young Unté may have reached the proper age to start exploring the pleasures of human coexistence but he joins a partisan group and instead of love and hope he discovers a world full of violence and betrayal. A window into a dark chapter of history is a thorough study of human stubbornness and determination for higher good no matter the cost...

Šarunas Bartas

This native of Lithuania started his career in front of the camera, as a teenager he portrayed one of the main characters in a popular family TV show. Then he studied at VGIK, a Moscow film school, where he graduated in 1990. His films typical features are a greyish landscape imbued with melancholy and characters struggling to escape from their uneasy past. His latest film In the Dusk competed at San Sebastian and received six nominations for Lithuanian film awards.