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      Isaac

      2019 1h 44m Drama List
      100% Tomatometer 10 Reviews In 1941, a Lithuanian man kills his neighbor Jew, Isaac, at the Lietūkis garage massacre. Twenty five years later in Soviet Lithuania, movie director Gediminas Gutauskas returns from the USA with a screenplay of a film that portrays, in details, the Lietūkis garage massacre and describes a particular situation where Isaac, the Jew, is killed. The screenplay is later brought to the attention and investigated by the KGB. Why does a director, who once relocated to the USA, return to Soviet Lithuania? Why is his scenario so unusually historically accurate to the massacre, as though he would have witnessed it himself? Perhaps he knows someone who attended the massacre themselves? The aftermath of the murder returns many years later to cripple life and love. "Isaac" is a trip into the past, and its rotting world, based on the neighbor Isaac's rotten murder. This film as well is about relationship between two friends who where separated by historic circumstances, shock of war, traumas and experiences of exile, but who shared the love for the same woman. Read More Read Less

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      Nick Schager Variety Its obliqueness may preclude it from attracting a wide domestic audience, but such haziness is part and parcel of a work about the lingering, lethal fog of war. Nov 23, 2021 Full Review Stephen Dalton Hollywood Reporter A visually dazzling, Kafkaesque murder mystery. Dec 11, 2019 Full Review Michael Talbot-Haynes Film Threat Hernandez and Matamoros pull off several impressive feats with Isaac, both on and below the surface. Rated: 8/10 Nov 16, 2021 Full Review Carey-Ann Pawsey Orca Sound Draws you in with its moral questions and how the human behaviour portrayed is universally relatable. Mar 30, 2021 Full Review Luke Foulder-Hughes Battle Royale With Cheese I'd recommend this to people who like watching films like 'Come and See' which handle a heavy subject matter in a bleak and depressing way Mar 7, 2021 Full Review Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail If the lessons are stark, the experience is always gripping. Feb 25, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In 1941, a Lithuanian man kills his neighbor Jew, Isaac, at the Lietūkis garage massacre. Twenty five years later in Soviet Lithuania, movie director Gediminas Gutauskas returns from the USA with a screenplay of a film that portrays, in details, the Lietūkis garage massacre and describes a particular situation where Isaac, the Jew, is killed. The screenplay is later brought to the attention and investigated by the KGB. Why does a director, who once relocated to the USA, return to Soviet Lithuania? Why is his scenario so unusually historically accurate to the massacre, as though he would have witnessed it himself? Perhaps he knows someone who attended the massacre themselves? The aftermath of the murder returns many years later to cripple life and love. "Isaac" is a trip into the past, and its rotting world, based on the neighbor Isaac's rotten murder. This film as well is about relationship between two friends who where separated by historic circumstances, shock of war, traumas and experiences of exile, but who shared the love for the same woman.
      Director
      Jurgis Matulevicius, Jurgis Matulevičius
      Producer
      Martynas Mickenas, Vladimir Razarionov
      Screenwriter
      Jurgis Matulevicius, Saule Bliuvaite, Jurgis Matulevičius, Nerijus Milerius
      Production Co
      Film Jam
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Lithuanian
      Runtime
      1h 44m
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