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The Visitor

35-year-old Danielius visits his hometown to sell his parents’ flat and say goodbye to his past.

synopsis

Danielius (35) has been living abroad for a decade, where he built his life, family and friends. When his father passes away, he is forced to return to his hometown – a seaside resort town in Lithuania - to sell his childhood’s flat. Danielius arrives there at the end of the summer. He seeks to reconnect with the town, his childhood friends, his acquaintances and his flat – out of which the most special bond is formed with the father of his ex-girlfriend. This visit turns into a sort of holiday he never had time to plan for himself. Danielius is immersed in a sense of loneliness, but this does not stop him from enjoying the time and the places, until he realises it’s time to go home.

Director’statement

I‘ve noticed that for me it has always been scary to say goodbye. Whether it’s a short goodbye or a farewell forever. No matter if it’s with people, spaces, childhood, or films. It’s scary to be the first one to leave a fun party, because you don’t know if it’s going to be more fun later. It’s scary to leave the city because you don’t know if the next city will be as cozy and peaceful. It’s scary to say goodbye to people because you don’t know how much of you they had in them. Fear of the future seems to be mixed with fear of melancholy. That’s why I want to explore the spaces, the characters that I should have said goodbye to a long time ago, but I haven’t yet. I want to say goodbye to them one last time. The film is divided into real-time chapters, where we see the different attempts of the character to come to terms with his loneliness. I will work with non-professional as well as professional actors and shoot in real locations.

TFL PROGRAMME:
FeatureLab 2023

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