LITHUANIA
You Am I
LITHUANIA/GERMANY 2006. DIRECTOR: KRISTIJONAS VILDZIUNAS
CAST: ANDRIUS BIALOBZESKIS, MYKOLAS VILDZIUNAS, DAIVA JOVAISIENE, JURGA JUTAITE, RENATA VEBERYTE-LOMAN
An oddball back-to-nature fable about a Vilnius architect who gives it all up for life in a tree house, Lithuanian fi lmmaker Kristijonas Vildziunas’s You Am I was selected for the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes last year. The forest abode of Baron (Andrius Bialobzeskis) is no ordinary tree house, but a stylized, futurist marvel of glass, which he puts together using sophisticated alpinist equipment. The hero’s wilderness idyll, which includes occasional visitations from a strange dream-woman, takes a romantic turn when he discovers Dominyka (Jurga Jutaite), an attractive kindred spirit, living nearby. But he’s also got a romantic rival in aspiring novelist Kristupas (Mykolas Vildziunas), who may be dreaming the whole story up. “A fresh and inspiring fi lm that invites creative viewing ... Enigmatic, contemporary and slow-paced ... As dreamlike as reality can be” (I.F.F. Rotterdam). Colour, 35mm, in English and Lithuanian with English subtitles. 87 mins.
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