Minstrels in long coats

Minstrels in long coats
Lithuania
1999
Fiction
18 min.

Director | Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė
Script | Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė
Director of photograph | Audrius Kemežys
Sound designer | Algimantas A. Apanavičius
Composer |
Andrius Kulikauskas
Main cast | Albertas Vidžiūnas, Neringa Varnelytė
Producer | Indrė Ciesiūnienė
Production company | Lietuvos kino studija

The film tells the short story of a love song born in Soviet-era Užupis in the 1970s, where, beneath a tightly regulated reality, the spirit of freedom flickers and minstrels in long maxi coats roam the streets.

 

About the director:

Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė (b. 1972, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian film director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. She has directed over 20 films and works across cinema, television, theatre, and film education.