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Sekmes Metai (Lucky Year)

Rimantas Gruodis
28' / 2013 / Lithuania
Lithuanian
English and spanish subtitled

Audience vote 5.31

Laima („Happiness“), 23 years old, has a husband and two babies. She lives on the roadside (a noisy place) of the Via Baltic, which is very important in the country.
2012 (the year of the London Olimpic Games) was a lucky year for Laima.

Main Festivals & Awards

MEDIAWAVE 2014 - International Film Festival, HUNGARY, competition

Director's Biography

Rimantas Gruodis born in Šiauliai, Lithuania, May 14, 1946. Graduated from Vilnius University. 1964-1990 worked in Lithuanian Film Studio as a camera assistant, director assistant feature films, editor, director documentaries. Since 1991 he is an independent film director, producer, cameraman and a Member of the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union.
Selected documentaries: Ona and Mykolas (“Ona ir Mykolas”) 1990, The Pain (“Slogutis”) 1995, The Bathhouse (“Pirtis”) 1997, Household (“Šeimyna”) 2001, Scarecrow (“Kaliausė”) 2002, The Brass Band (“Brasbendas”) 2006, The River (“Upė”) 2009, The Swamp (“Lieknas”) 2010.

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