Canadian Film Institute
LOSS

dir. Maris Martinsons
Lithuania
96 minutes
English Subtitles
2008 EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada
Saturday, November 15th
7:00 pm
Lithuania’s first entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2008 Academy Awards, LOSS is a brooding drama that delves into the harsh realities of six people’s lives whose destinies are brought together after a tragic accident that happened over two decades ago.  When a priest (Andrius Mamontovas) in Ireland meets a woman, Valda (Valda Bickute), from his native Lithuania, dark secrets from his past emerge.  Valda herself is locked in a desperate struggle to honour a promise she made to her son: to return to him.  An enigmatic and absorbing exploration of the idea of “six degrees of separation.”

Première inscription lituanienne au « meilleur film étranger » aux Oscars 2008, le drame LOSS fouille  la vie difficile de six personnes dont les destinées convergent après un accident tragique survenu il y a plus de vingt ans.  Lorsqu'un prêtre (Andrius Mamontovas) rencontre en Irlande une femme, Valda (Valda Bickute), de sa Lituanie natale, de sombres secrets du passé sont ramenés au jour. Valda elle-même livre un combat désespéré pour respecter la promesse faite à son fils : lui revenir. Une exploration énigmatique et prenante de l'idée des « six degrés de séparation ».

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