Pilis
Directed by:
Lina LuzyteScreenplay:
Lina LuzyteCinematography:
Michael LavelleComposer:
Jonas JurkūnasCast:
Barbora Bareikytė, Gabija Jaraminaite, Jurate Onaitite, Martyna Peszko, Dermot Magennis, Janice Byrne, Rimante Valiukaite, Aidan O'Hare (more)Plots(1)
This coming of age story follows Monika, a thirteen-year old Lithuanian girl, a few weeks after she arrives in Dublin with her mother and grandmother. Monika dreams of becoming a famous musician. After she and her mother play at a funeral, they are invited by a mysterious older music impresario to play at 'The Castle', but her mother is a realist and instead sells their keyboard. Monika is left to resort to desperate measures in order to raise the money to hire 'her' keyboard back and take her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make her dreams come true. (Cinemax)
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I have a soft spot for Baltic cinema, so I was really looking forward to The Castle. From a dramatic perspective, it’s solid, but aside from the beautiful Irish setting, it felt like your typical European drama — a bit melancholic. You start to wonder, what were these Lithuanian women expecting in Ireland? Would they really be worse off in Lithuania? It’s not like it’s still the 80s or 90s, right?
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