With gentle irony, “Cinephilia” unmasks the illusion of film. Characters migrate through the worlds of reality and fantasy, in circumstances that paradoxically have no questions or answers. The two moons of Lars von Trier shine in the night sky, entrancing the main heroes, Roland and Isabel. Roland rents himself a room where he winds up in situations reminiscent of the plots found in Franz Kafka’s “The Trial” or Roman Polański’s “The Tenant”. A guy visits Roland, claiming that they known each other, and offers him a lot of money to film his suicide. There begins a kaleidoscopic sequence of events and random acquaintances. They make the characters wander through the worlds of reality and fantasy, sometimes both at the same time. A dark comedy that tells nine related stories in which the fates of the characters intertwine.
Released: Oct 08, 2021
Runtime: 110 minutes
Stars: Vesta Šumilovaitė – Tertelienė, Mantas Zemleckas, Fausta Semionovaite, Lukas Malinauskas, Inesa Marcinkeviciute, Jūratė Onaitytė
Crew: Algimantas Puipa (Director), Feliksas Abrukauskas (Director of Photography), Jacek Wiśniewski (Foley Artist), Ewa Mazurkiewicz (Foley Editor)