Džiugas Gvozdinskas

The year 1991. A hot summer night. Lithuania-Belarus border. It is nearly dawn. There are two customs wagons on the roadside. One of them has been burnt down. In the other one, border guards sit in silence. Someone opens the door without knocking.

Au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale, dans un village isolé en Lituanie, alors que la misère ne laisse place à aucune liberté, le jeune Ounté et le mouvement des Partisans dans lequel il s’est engagé, doivent faire acte de résistance face à l’emprise de l’occupation soviétique. De cette lutte désespérée dépend l’avenir de tout un peuple.

A corrupt politician tries to get some decency points by marrying his beloved daughter to a simple farm guy.

Thomas Wintersperger, a man who has to learn to deal with his grief, sees his loss as an opportunity to reorganize his life.