Underplayed Gems

Yesterday and Forever (1985)

Yesterday and Forever poster
Original title
Vakar ir visados
Directed by
Gytis Lukšas
Genre
music, documentary, history
Country
Lithuania
Runtime
1h 03m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film is set in an old house in a Lithuanian district. It follows everyday life and rituals that reflect an ancient worldview. The story shows how traditional customs and beliefs persist in a modern setting.

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What happens

Yesterday and Forever (Lithuanian: Vakar ir visados) is a Soviet film created in 1984. This film is a joint creation by the director Gytis Lukšas, singer Veronika Povilionienė and scriptwriter, poet Marcelijus Martinaitis. This film was made by a commission of the Soviet Central Television but later for the first three after creation is had no public debut. Instead, it had been shown in the cinemas of towns and small cities. After it had been shown in the Tbilisi Cinema by an initiative of Sergei Parajanov, it got recognition in Lithuanian SSR also. As an educational material, Yesterday and Forever was shown to students at some universities in the USA. Russian linguist and mythologist Vladimir Toporov praised this film as a metaphorical representation of the archaic worldview to a modern viewer. The film was filmed in an old Dzūkish house in Alytus District Municipality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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