Presented by Facets Cinematheque and the Lithuanian Consulate General in Chicago, this festival of historic and contemporary Lithuanian films runs Friday through Thursday, March 14 through 20, at Facets Cinematheque, 1517 W. Fullerton. Tickets are $8, $6 for Facets members. Unless otherwise noted, films are in Lithuanian with subtitles.
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Off the coast of East Prussia at the turn of the last century, two fishing boats collide in a fog, and the owner of the smaller boat is unjustly imprisoned for attempted murder. Algimantas Puipa directed this 2000 feature. 139 min. (7:30)
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
Wolf Teeth Necklace
Three documentaries: From the Life of Elves (1996, 25 min.) is a portrait of an old woman in a rural hamlet who takes care of three dwarfs. In Venus and a Tomcat, or From the Life of Butterflies (1997, 23 min.) three artist’s models relate their life stories. The Life of Venecijus and Cezaris’s Death (2002, 55 min.) explores the relationship between a middle-aged man and his pet pig. (7:00 and 9:00)
A 1977 meditation on youth and first love in a small provincial town, directed by Viaceslav Ganelin. 68 min. (4:30)
See listing for Saturday, March 15. (7:00)
