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Isaac
104 min | Lithuanian, Russian
Producer
Stasys Baltakis
Director:
Jurgis Mateulevicius
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A Soviet style film noir about the murder of a Jew changed the world for ages.
The film starts in 1941 when the main character kills a Jew, Isaac, at the Lietukis garage massacre in Lithuania. Years later he is haunted by the images of the past and an increasing burden of guilt. The film discusses themes of friendship, love, regret and self-liberation in the difficult historical context of the Holocaust and post war Soviet era in Lithuania.
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