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Left-Handed Pen

2024 · 18 min

A quiet, uneasy watch that sits with a mother's dilemma, tightening slowly around a choice she cannot avoid.

Directed by: Adas Burkšaitis
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rasa Samuolytė, Indrė Patkauskaitė, Vaidotas Martinaitis

Overview: A school teacher learns that her son will fail the state exams. She must choose whether to engage or leave with a clear conscience.

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Directed by: Adas Burkšaitis
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rasa Samuolytė, Indrė Patkauskaitė, Vaidotas Martinaitis

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: parenthood
morality
guilt
education
family
Places: school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Adas Burkšaitis
Written by: Adas Burkšaitis
Starring: Rasa Samuolytė, Indrė Patkauskaitė, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Kasparas Varanavičius, Vaiva Samoškaitė
Cinematography: Narvydas Naujalis
Runtime: 18 min
Country: Lithuania
Languages: Lithuanian

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