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Exemplary Behaviour

2019 · 85 min

A slow, sombre meditation on murder, time and forgiveness, asking patience as it weighs grief against the possibility of atonement.

Directed by
Nerijus Milerius, Audrius Mickevičius
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Audrius Mickevičius, Rolandas Cerapokas, Rimantas Alekna
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Nerijus Milerius, Audrius Mickevičius
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Audrius Mickevičius, Rolandas Cerapokas, Rimantas Alekna
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • justice
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • isolation
Places
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
Georgi Tenev, Audrius Mickevičius
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
Audrius Kemežys, Valdas Jarutis
Runtime
85 min
Country
Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia
Languages
Lithuanian, French

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