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The Collectress
Kolekcionierė
2008 · Film · 84 min
Directed by Kristina Buožytė
Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself on screen and is surprised to find suppressed sensations returning to her, primarily feelings of aggression. Gaile decides to try an experiment. With the help of a man and his video camera she stages various provoking situations and shows the result to those involved. Throughout the experience she is unable to perceive the value of normal emotions, or even the possibility that someone may have feelings for her
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"Forest of the Gods" is a very good film.
But there are a few Lithuanian films that are my all-time favourites (besides "Forest of the Gods"):
1. "The Ancient Woods": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/487463-the-ancient-woods
"The Ancient Woods" is, perhaps, the best film I ever watched—it is actually a documentary.
It has one shot with a human and there are no human voices in the whole film.
It is a love letter to the "untouched nature" (of Lithuania).
2. "The Collectress": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/56074-kolekcionier
3. "You Am I": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12681-a-esi-tu
4. "Vanishing Waves": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/133764-aurora
5. "The Summer of Sungaile": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/310568-the-summer-of-sangaile
And some to not use too much the brain and have a fun time:
* "Redirected" (by the way, in English): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/190469-redirected-u-lietuv
* "Patriotai" ("Patriots"): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/408809-patriotai
* "How Saul and Paul Robbed Them All": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/349954-how-saul-and-paul-robbed-them-all
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Just to add to your comments, the events on (the book) "Forest of the Gods" (which the film is based on) are based on the real experience of the main character, "the Professor" [1].
There are some criticism on whether the events are 100% faithful to the reality [2], but indifferent to that, it is a hell of a piece of art!
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balys_Sruoga
[2]: I am sorry, but I don't remember where I got that information. It is not that important, anyhow.