Feature film
Three Days
Trys dienos
Šarūnas Bartas · 1991
Synopsis
Three days: two young Lithuanians travel to Kaliningrad, the former Königsberg, where they meet two young Russians. For three days, they wander through the dilapidated enclave looking for a place to sleep and keep warm. Deserted quays, an abandoned cathedral, a station and hotel rooms make up the setting of a constant flight from others and from oneself.
Context
First fiction feature of its author, who also wrote the screenplay and designed the sound, the film was shot in 35 mm by Vladas Naudžius and produced by Kinema, with Katerina Golubeva, Rima Latypova, Audrius Stonys and Arūnas Sakalauskas. Presented at the Cinema Giovani festival in Turin on 15 November 1991, then in Montreal and Geneva, it is shown in the Forum of the Berlinale in February 1992, where it receives the Ecumenical Jury prize and that of the international critics. It then travels from San Francisco to Hong Kong.
Who it is for
An hour and a quarter, almost silent, in Russian and Lithuanian, which calls for patience; the film circulated in France under the title Trois jours.
Prizes and reception
Two prizes in Berlin in 1992, grand prizes in Porto and Dunkirk, nominated for the European Young Film Award in 1992.
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