Vanishing Waves

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Vanishing Waves

2012

2h 4m

Romance

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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A scientist, Lukas, participates in an experiment looking for the information transferring process between humans through neurons. Lukas gets into the thoughts of a comatose woman, Aurora, and falls in love with her.

Noel Murray

The Dissolve

Plot and character sketchiness aside, though, Vanishing Waves is incredibly absorbing, because Buozyte and Samper are smart about how sexual urges can override all reason and obligation.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 23, 2013

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

There are interesting themes: about how much of the impulse to love is hidden from the conscious mind, and how much of sex is fantasy. But the impact is diminished by lifeless leads.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 15, 2013

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

This Lithuanian love story from Kristina Buozyte offers a discomfiting blend of visual ecstasy and narrative sterility.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 14, 2013

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Q.V. Hough

Vague Visages

Vanishing Waves boasts a touch of Andrei Tarkovsky, but I found many similarities to the psychosexual thrillers of French director Alain Robbe-Grillet.

Jun 30, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

While some of the performances are stilted and the central romance isn't quite engaging, there's a hypnotic power to the memorable imagery, a tequila sunrise dreamscape tapping into unexplored chasms of sensuality.

Nov 13, 2020

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Eric Melin

Scene-Stealers.com

Writer/director Kristina Buozyte creates some stunning dreamscapes and puts together the shared-experience sequences with a real freshness.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 2, 2012

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allen h

Something may have been lost in translation. I just didn't care about the characters. I usually like movies like this so wonder if I would like it remade by an English speaking staff creating characters who seem real to me

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Being an epileptic, this might be interesting ... on Filmrise, free

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Although there are some parts I personally did not like to much, overall it was a really great original story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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jake s

A Lithuanian scientist hooks up some wires and goes all inception into a coma patient's mind. A patient who, apparently, is a big fan of Davids Lynch and Cronenberg.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A sci-fi conundrum interspersed with an erotically-charged, luscious tale of systematic alienation--Intense and surreal... Inception Weird!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

The "Observer Effect" (One Affects Another By Pure Participation) Is Explored Here Through Lucid, Deceptive Fantasy & Lurid Fetish. Parts Of This Will Frustrate But It Really Delves Deeply Into Aspects Of Love & Romance Where Many Stories Rarely Go.. What One Might Consider Love Another (Scientist Or Doctor) Might View As Just Chemical Realease Or Trickery Of A Semi-Concious State..Lost In An Abyss Of Self-Satisfying Thought As Chemistry Affects Patterns Of The Brain..Hrmmmm.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

A scientist, Lukas, participates in an experiment looking for the information transferring process between humans through neurons. Lukas gets into the thoughts of a comatose woman, Aurora, and falls in love with her.

Director: Kristina Buozyte
Producer: Chica Benadava, Ludi Boeken, Pascal Judelewicz, Ieva Norviliene
Screenwriter: Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
Production Co: Acajou Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Eurimages
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Lithuanian
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2016
Runtime: 2h 4m