Back to the Family
2025, Drama, DCP, 91"
Director: Šarūnas Bartas
Screenwriters: Šarūnas Bartas, Ognjen Sviličić
Photography: Lukas Karalius, Šarūnas Bartas
Sound: Tiphaine Depret, Frederic Salles, Nicolás De La Vega
Editor: Lucie Jego
Art Directors: Sabīne Strauberga, Jānis Kalniņš
Composers: Gabriele Dikciute, Pawel Mykietyn
Production companies: Studija Kinema (Lithuania), KinoElektro (France), Mistrus Media (Latvia), Message Film (Poland), Cineline eDelivery (Poland)
Producers: Šarūnas Bartas, Jurijus Stančikas, Jurga Kaye, Alina Lu, Janja Kralj
Co-producers: Gints Grūbe, Dariusz Jablonski, Izabela Wojcik, Violetta Kamińska, Tadeusz Król, Mateusz Szulc
Cast: Neringa Puidokaitė, Rima Paškauskaitė, Rolandas Junevičius, Elena Mažrimienė, Laima Bitutienė, Marius Repšys, Faustas Bortkevičius, Indrė Endriukaitė.
Simona’s return to her childhood home, driven by her grandmother’s impending death, forces her to confront the shattered lives of her alcoholic parents, weighed down by years of regret. Amid desolation and unspoken pain, fleeting attempts at connection reveal the harsh truth: some wounds run too deep to heal.
The international premiere of the film will take place in the Big Screen competition program of the Rotterdam International Film Festival.