The Courtyard

The Courtyard (2000)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-03-08
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Lietuvių
  • Production Company: Studio Uljana Kim
  • Production Country: Lithuania, France
  • Director: Valdas Navasaitis

Summary

The first feature of Lithuanian Valdas Navasaitis is a drama which unravels the hopeless 1970s, when people were deprived of their roots and forced to sit and watch their lives slip from their fingers. In a decrepit house that once belonged to a bourgeois family, several families seek shelter. Senis, a 65-year-old alcoholic, lives on the ground floor with his wife and their 16-year-old daughter. Senis is a survivor of the Nazis as well as the communist camps. He drowns the pain of his memories in a nearby pub and in talking to a depressed young laborer, Lorenca. Later on, a young couple and a lonely eccentric who enjoys only his cat's company join the inhabitants. Children wile away the time with useless games or spying on adults. When Lorenca hangs himself at the ruins of a nearby factory, the lives are shaken up. During the dinner held for the deceased, they find a moment of common hope.

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  • Donatas Banionis

    as The old man
  • Ričardas Vitkaitis

    as Lorencas
  • Albinas Keleris

    as Vladas
  • Tatyana Lyutaeva

    as Elvyra
  • Rasa Samuolytė

    as Veronika
  • Jūratė Aniulytė

    as Old man's wife
  • Pranas Dapshkauskas

    as The boy with long hair
  • Eglė Mikulionytė

    as Lorenca's wife
  • Vytautas Serys

    as Rygertas
  • Dalia Michelevičiūtė

    as Woman
Directing Valdas Navasaitis Director
Writing Valdas Navasaitis Writer
Production Uljana Kim Producer
Production Philippe Avril Co-Producer
Camera Rimvydas Leipus Director of Photography
Editing Mingailė Murmulaitienė Editor
Art Jurij Grigorovič Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Agnė Rimkutė Costume Design

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