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Academy of arts students and professors return from a trip without driver. Group guide tells about the one week lasting drama to driver's relatives. Film about the challenges in extreme situation, tolerance for art and illness.
Audrius Mickevičius puts the horribly disfigured face of his murdered brother at the start of his film. It is almost a meditation about the question whether a final act like murder can be atoned for in a temporal order – and whether the passing of time allows the victim’s family to forgive. Mickevičius uses the example of two lifers (one of them gets married and wants to have children, the other pours his whole passion into an idea of craftsmanship) and a philosopher with prison experience to make that strange state of suspended life comprehensible.
“Man-Horse” is a film about an old farmer, Jonas, and his horse. It is an intimate story about the existential relationship between human and animal; it is about solitude and the daily effort to survive. The film's director and Jonas Šalomskas are neighbours in the village of Užuguostis. They have known each other for two decades.
It seems that his life is finally moving in the right direction and he will soon be able to enjoy a happy life with his beloved Greta. But soon everything turns upside down. After returning from his honeymoon, Robert is caught up in a whirlwind of misunderstandings and unexpected situations, during which his beloved disappears. What can't you do for your sweetheart and your mother? This time he has an "almost" impossible mission.
