„I am very happy that we can present Lithuanian cinema at Times Square. This square has been filmed many times in my beloved movies and series, so it is truly a great honor for me to be here – the place where Taxi Driver, Birdman, and Midnight Cowboy were filmed,” shares director A. Blaževičius, who is visiting New York and has not only a premiere in the USA but also many planned interviews.
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The first screenings of Skyrybos karo metu will take place at the IFC Center in New York, considered one of the most important independent and auteur cinema theaters in the city, and after a week the film will reach cinemas in Los Angeles and other cities. After that, the film will immediately come to Lithuania – Skyrybos karo metu, awarded at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, starring Marius Repšys and Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė, will be shown from September 18.
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The advertising campaign in the USA is curated by the Lithuanian creative agency autoriai and the film’s producers M FILMS: “Appearing at Times Square, the same place where Madonna, Charlie XCX launch new albums, and Hollywood cinema giants present themselves, means not a fancy advertising position for me as a creative, but that our creativity and competencies look completely natural in a global context and we have long surpassed local regional boundaries,” says Giedrė Ona Šileikytė, founder and creative director of autoriai.
A love drama about divorce at the wrong time
The emotional love drama tells the story of Marija – an ambitious head of a large advertising agency department – and Vytas – a film director searching for himself – who decide to divorce. It would seem that nothing is missing in their marriage. The couple lives in a perfectly furnished home and raises a daughter. A family like any other. But Marija feels unhappy. When the woman finally dares to admit that she wants a divorce, she chooses the worst possible time for an open conversation. Does divorce always mean failure? Or perhaps, on the contrary, everything is for the better?
The film stars the country’s brightest actors of today: Marius Repšys (The Saint, The Chinese Sea, The Train Robbery by Saulius and Paulius), Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė (The Runner, Renovation), and the young actress Amelija Adomaitytė, who has won the audience’s sympathy, as well as Indrė Patkauskaitė (Survive the Summer, The Poet, Pilgrims), Larisa Kalpokaitė (Happy Stars, Vacationers, Uninvited Love), Rimantas Bagdzevičius (Uninvited Love).
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Skyrybos karo metu is the third film by A. Blaževičius. The director’s previous two works, The Saint and The Runner, together won eight Silver Cranes.
The production of Skyrybos karo metu in Lithuania was financed by the Lithuanian Film Centre, Vilnius Film Fund, LRT, and the film was made in co-production with Luxembourg, Ireland, and the Czech Republic.
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About M FILMS
Founded in 2008 and currently one of the most active film production companies, M FILMS produces feature films successfully presented at important international film festivals and awarded Silver Cranes. The company produces films by the younger generation of Lithuanian directors – Karolis Kaupinis (Nova Lituania, The Wanderer’s House), Marija Kavtaradze (Survive the Summer, You Don’t Remind Me of Anything), Andrius Blaževičius (The Saint, The Runner, Skyrybos karo metu), Vytautas Katkus (Berries, The Guest) – and also works very actively with international co-production projects.
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