After 30 years of exile in Paris, Jana travels back to Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital. She wants to see again the lake that Paulius, her first love, called Walden. This film is a tale of the Lithuanian youth before the fall of communism. Between first emotions and black market, there are the dreams of freedom and leaving for the West.
Presented at Locarno Film Festival and part of selection of L’ACID of Cannes.
Walden
2020
14 years
85 min.
Fiction
France, Lithuania
France, Lithuania, youth, communism, female directors, come back home
Colorido
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