The Courtyard

Synopsis

The first feature of Lithuanian Valdas Navasaitis is a drama which unravels the hopeless 1970s, when people were deprived of their roots and forced to sit and watch their lives slip from their fingers. In a decrepit house that once belonged to a bourgeois family, several families seek shelter. Senis, a 65-year-old alcoholic, lives on the ground floor with his wife and their 16-year-old daughter. Senis is a survivor of the Nazis as well as the communist camps. He drowns the pain of his memories in a nearby pub and in talking to a depressed young laborer, Lorenca. Later on, a young couple and a lonely eccentric who enjoys only his cat's company join the inhabitants. Children wile away the time with useless games or spying on adults. When Lorenca hangs himself at the ruins of a nearby factory, the lives are shaken up. During the dinner held for the deceased, they find a moment of common hope.

Main Cast

Donatas Banionis

The old man

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Ričardas Vitkaitis

Lorencas

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Albinas Keleris

Vladas

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Tatyana Lyutaeva

Elvyra

Age : 60 | Popularity : 35%

Rasa Samuolytė

Veronika

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Jūratė Aniulytė

Old man's wife

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Pranas Dapshkauskas

The boy with long hair

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Eglė Mikulionytė

Lorenca's wife

Age : 61 | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Valdas Navasaitis
Directing	Director	Valdas Navasaitis
Production	Co-Producer	Philippe Avril
	Producer	Uljana Kim
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Agnė Rimkutė
Camera	Director of Photography	Rimvydas Leipus
Editing	Editor	Mingailė Murmulaitienė
Art	Production Design	Jurij Grigorovič
Department	Role	Name

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