Feature Film About Life (2021)
It is highly probable that before their own death, everyone has to organise someone else’s funeral. This is by far not an easy task. In addition to the searing grief, dying also brings a number of tasks that are at once utterly alien and intensely time-critical. The main character of this film, Dovile, who unexpectedly has to bury her father, has to face the bedlam of exactly such a challenge. Overnight, the young girl has to become a skilful organiser of a family event, while also being a specialist on coffins, urns, wreaths and funeral feasts. Dovile’s journey towards organising a perfect funeral is inevitably full of hardship and mishaps, accompanied mainly by black humour and comical situations.
Director: Dovilė Šarutytė
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Agnė Misiūnaitė as Dovilė |
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Nelė Savičenko as Dovilė's Mom |
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Kęstutis Jakštas as Tadas |
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Inga Maškarina as Zita |
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Romuald Lavrynovič as Vladislavas |
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Laima Akstinaitė as Milda |
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Aldona Janušauskaitė as Baba |
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Šarūnas Puidokas as Uncle Artūras |
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Vaidotas Martinaitis as Priest |
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Augustė Ona Šimulynaitė as Eglė |
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Sofija Gedgaudaitė as Rasa |
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Ieva Kaniušaitė as Sound Designer |
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Gabrielė Tuminaitė as Employee of the Forensic Medicine Service |
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Larisa Kalpokaitė as Cemetery Administrator |
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Jelena Kirejeva as Cemetery Visitor |
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Saulius Ramoška as Man at the computer |
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Viktorija Streiča as Funeral Home Employee |
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Karolis Vilkas as Car Service Worker |
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Robertas Aleksaitis as Restaurant Owner Arvydas |
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Aušra Štukytė as Waitress |
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Vytautas Glebkus as Funeral Home Employee |
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Asta Beganskienė as Flower Seller |
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Gintautas Trimakas as Photo Store Employee |
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Lina Rastokaitė as Artūras' Wife |
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Jonas Braškys as Funeral Attendant |
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Adelė Šuminskaitė as Funeral Attendant |
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Aldona Bendoriute as Funeral Attendant |
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Klaudija Matvejevaitė as Funeral Attendant |
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Lukas Malinauskas as Funeral Attendant |
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Titas Laucius as Funeral Attendant |
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Vidmantas Fijalkauskas as Funeral Attendant |
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Viktorija Kuodytė as Funeral Attendant |
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Dmitrij Denisiuk as Crying Man |
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Andrius Bitinas as Gravedigger |
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Andrius Pekarskis as Gravedigger |
| Directing | Dovilė Šarutytė | Director |
| Writing | Dovilė Šarutytė | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eglė Mikalauskaitė | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Sigita Šimkūnaitė | Production Design |
| Lighting | Arvydas Norkeliūnas | Best Boy Electrician |
| Editing | Jonas Zagorskas | Colorist |
| Production | Kristijonas Puipa | Production Manager |
| Directing | Asta Rizgelienė | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandra Mateikaite | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Eitvydas Doškus | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Saulius Urbanavičius | Sound |
| Writing | Titas Laucius | Writer |
| Editing | Gintarė Sokelytė | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Juozas Valenta | Costume Design |
| Production | Uljana Kim | Producer |
| Sound | Viktoras Vaupšas | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vytautas Rasimavičius | Original Music Composer |