World premiere
They Call Me Danka
Incompetent parents require drastic action.
Being an adult is hard. It’s especially hard when you’re only fifteen. Danutė is the only “adult” in her family. Clearly, that’s far too complex a role for a teenager. Every day, she faces external limitations that restrict her potential. A child like that measures everything through the lens of survival and takes on responsibility as her only form of protection.
Dovile Gasiunaite (1972) studied acting at Lithuanian Music Academy, and film directing in a foreign class at FAMU, Prague. Since 2001 she has worked as a casting director and assistant director in Lithuanian film productions. “They Call Me Danka” is her second feature film.
Filmography:
Orange Day (1996), I, You, He, She (1997), Who Sleeps Beside You (2003), Papillon Postale (2006)
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