RIEŠUTŲ DUONA

WALNUT BREAD

Directed byArūnas Žebriūnas
Years1978
Duration66
Original versionLithuanian
SubtitlesEnglish
Available formatsDCP, MP4
GenreDrama

Creative team

Written by Saulius Šaltenis
Cinematography by Algimantas Mockus
Music by Viačeslavas Ganelinas

Cast

Algirdas Latėnas, Elvyra Piškinaitė, Saulius Sipaitis, Doloresa Kazragytė, Kristina Kazlauskaitė, Antanas Šurna, Vladas Bagdonas

About the film

Andrius and Liuka, offsprings of Šatai and Kaminskai families living in a countryside, falls in love with each other, however their love is disrupted by… a cow. When a cow, who was sold to Kaminskai by Šatai, dies two families start to fight with each other. Andrius and Liuka’s relationship becomes a forbidden affair. In the hope of reconciliation between two families, Andrius promises to Liuka to buy a new cow, but everything goes even worse.

This is a lyrical story about memories of childhood, adolescence, and first love in a small provincial town, shown through complexity of human relations at this periodical film.

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