The Visitor

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The Visitor

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Release

TBA

Director

Vytautas Katkus

Synopsis

The Visitor follows Danielus’ journey as the young man makes a new life for himself in a foreign land where he does not speak the language and doesn’t know anyone. As Danielus, an unworldly wanderer, tries to connect with the locals, the places, he cannot escape his lonely condition. One day, he meets his ex-girlfriend’s father, a man who’s accepted his own loneliness and decides to befriend him.

As a Baltic disciple of Tsai Ming-liang, Vytautas places reserve and rhythm at the very core of his feature film project. Reserve in disclosing the feelings of his characters, out of place, looking for where they belong in a melancholic and farcical world. Rhythmic in his mise en scene, the distance he keeps, the pace he treasures, observing rather than asserting. With an acute sense of choreography, his perspective as a filmmaker reveals the gliding gentleness of feelings.

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About the director

Vytautas is not only a director but also the cinematographer for various films made by young Lithuanian filmmakers. In 2019, he presented Community Gardens at the 58th edition of La Semaine de la Critique, a languid summer tale of a father-son relationship where apparent gentleness conceals a burning fire. In 2020, he screened his last short film, Places, at the Venice International Film Festival. Finally, his third short film Cherries (2022) was part the official selection of Cannes Court Metrage.

Currently Vytautas is developing his first feature film THE VISITOR co-written with Marija Kavtaradze, which won Best Project Award at the Next Step Semaine de la critique program in 2022 –  As well as Les Arcs Co-Production Village in 2022 – Arte Kino development award, and Torino Feature Lab – TFL production award.

Countries

Lithuania, Sweden, Norway.

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