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Emilia

2017 · 120 min

A quiet, heavy watch about art under pressure, where every small act of defiance carries the weight of the state.

Directed by
Donatas Ulvydas
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Ieva Andrejevaitė, Darius Gumauskas, Tauras Čižas
Tagline
Freedom is forbidden.
Overview
Soviet Lithuania in 1972. A young theatre actress is trying to make a difference and tell the forbidden story of repression in a play.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Donatas Ulvydas
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Ieva Andrejevaitė, Darius Gumauskas, Tauras Čižas
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • politics
  • art
  • power
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Donatas Ulvydas
Written by
Jonas Banys
Starring
Ieva Andrejevaitė, Darius Gumauskas, Tauras Čižas, Severija Janušauskaitė, Ramūnas Šimukauskas, Ceslovas Stonys, Remigijus Vilkaitis, Saulius Čiučelis
Music
Jonas Jurkūnas
Cinematography
Rytis Kurkulis
Runtime
120 min
Country
Lithuania
Languages
Russian, Lithuanian

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