Cinephilia

Local title
Cinefiilia
Title in Russian
Синефилия
Original title
Sinefilija
Director
Algimantas Puipa
Country
Lithuania
Year
2021
Programme
Baltic Film Competition
Genre
comedy
Subject
satire

A living dinosaur of Lithuanian cinema strikes with absurd irony and witty (sometimes sneakily hidden) references to the masterpieces of Kubrick, Polanski, von Trier, Jarmusch, Kafka, Scorsese.

After 20 films in 45 years, Algimantas Puipa cooked up something entirely different, startling, brutally personal. The renowned grand master shoots hilariously provocative cameo for himself, urges legendary Juozas Budraitis to act as his cynical alter-ego, invites other big stars from previous movies, but casts unknown young talents for the leading roles.

Every scene in the film-inside-of-film twists for peculiar, weird, reckless, funny turns. Puipa never hides his crew and vividly plays with surreal dreams, illusions, fantasies, psychotic realities, cinematic riddles. From hectic rehearsals, mystical premonitions, eccentric chats to freaky production, an indecent proposal and a creepy premiere at a cinema.

Edvinas Pukšta

Director
Algimantas Puipa
Screenwriter
Algimantas Puipa
Cast
Vesta Šumilovaitė Tertelienė, Mantas Zemleckas, Juratė Onaitytė, Juozas Budraitis, Lukas Malinauskas
Producer
Uljana Kim
DoP
Feliksas Abrukauskas
Editor
Ričardas Matačius
Music
Pijus Džiugas Meižis
Production
Studio Uljan Kim
Runtime
Language
Lithuanian
Subtitles
English
Director
Algimantas Puipa

Algimantas Puipa (snd 1951)

Valik: Velnio sékla (Devil's Seed, 1980), Elze is giljos (1999, Elze elu, PÖFF 2000), Dievu miskas (Forest of the Gods, 2005), Nuodemes uzkalbejimas (Patu sosin, PÖFF 2007), Mieganciu drugeliu tvirtove (Uinuvate liblikate kindlus, PÖFF 2012), Kita Tylos Puse (Teisel pool vaikust, PÖFF 2019), Cinephilia (2021)

Screenings

6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110401 / Cinefiilia
SubtitlesEnglish
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6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110404 / Cinefiilia
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsSaulius Urbanavičius - Sound Design, Ričardas Matačius - Editor
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