Walden
After 30 years of exile in Paris, Jana travels back to Vilnius. She wants to see again the lake that Paulius, her first love, called "Walden". Between new emotions and the black market, the Lithuanian youth before the fall of Communism dreams of freedom and leaving for the West. WALDEN is the third feature film by Bojena Horackova, a Czech filmmaker exiled in Paris for over 30 years. (Lili Hinstin, Locarno Film Festival)
Director's Filmography (Selection)
Walden (2020) - À l'est de moi (East of Me, 2008) - Mirek n'est pas parti (Mirek Has Not Left, 1996)
Walden (2020) - À l'est de moi (East of Me, 2008) - Mirek n'est pas parti (Mirek Has Not Left, 1996)
European Panorama Fiction 2021
Bojena Horackova
France / Lithuania 2020
color
85 minutes
Lithuanian / French / Russian OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Bojena Horackova, Marc Cholodenko, Julien Thèves
Cinematography Eitvydas Doskus, Agnès Godard
Editing François Quiqueré, Anne Benhaïem
Sound/Sounddesign François Abdelnour, Rosalie Revoyre, Xavier Thieulin, Léo Banderet, Erwan Kerzanet
Music Benjamin Esdraffo
With Ina Marija Bartaite, Laurynas Jurgelis, Fabienne Babe, Andrzej Chyra, Mantas Janciauskas, Nele Savicenko, Povilas Budrys
Producer(s) Cécile Vacheret, Ieva Norviliené
Production
Sedna Films, Tremora
World Sales
Sedna Films
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
Locarno Film Festival 2020