November 12 d. 19.00 . Forum Cinemas Vingis, 9 hall, Vilnius
November 14 d. 13.00 . Forum Cinemas Kaune, 2 hall, Kaunas
The year 1992. Lithuania is already independent. The world is watching the events here. Lithuanian citizens celebrate the regained Freedom and… enjoy imported goods which are filling up the shops that used to be empty in the Soviet years. However, the time of the „deficits“ is not yet over.
The story takes place in a factory, where the workers draw lots. The winner will have a chance to buy an IMPORTED refrigerator. Everyone hankers for the fridge, but the main character of the film Danguolė wants it most of all.
Danguolė doesn’t win the fridge. It’s even worse – her neighbour does. But the main character is not left empty-handed: she wins the SPECIAL prize. This means she will be entitled to welcome an American press-photographer who is coming to Lithuania in three days. Danguolė and her family are to represent the New Lithuania to the world in a photoreportage to be issued.
This way the factory worker Danguolė becomes a kind of a Lithuanian ambassador…
“I began writing the script of the film „it would be splendid, yet...“ when i was far away from lithuania. I think that the distance helps me assess the value of things and situations critically and fairly. This was how i viewed events in my film „it would be splendid, yet...“. I treated lithuanians and myself with a shade of irony. It was really tickling to see how, having cast off the subjugation to russia, we turned subserviant to the west on our own free wil. But the film is not meant to condemn or indict anybody. It is more likely to point the finger at the obvious to others and to myself. Although the story happens in the earlier years (1992), the film talks about the present day”, - says director Lina Lužytė.
Director
Lina Lužytė
Lina Lužytė has a BA in Film and TV directing in the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Now she is studying the same subject for MA. „It would be splendid, yet... “ is her third short film.
Films
2007: “A Perfect Day for Banana Fish”; 2008: “Katutis“; 2009: “It would be Splendid, yet...“.
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