Summer Ends in Autumn

A psychological drama set in a contemporary Lithuanian village. Guy Vilius grew up without his father who had to serve a jail sentence for a car accident. After being released the father did not return home directly and appeared only after his wife’s death. The son and the father start working the land, which is situated far from home. They rent a room from the widow Milda. Three lonely people are living under the same roof, and every one of them longs for human warmth. The father suffers because of his feelings for Milda, but he understands he must not stand in the way of his son’s happiness. A sad and melancholic film, the main theme is the conflict between times, such as the father who has lost time in prison and his son, who is only about to get on with life. The conflict is aggravated by the appearance of a young beautiful widow, whose world has grown flat with distrust and uncertainty. She never appears to take part in the decision process involving her own personal relations, and future. Even as the detached farm she owns is always in threat by the plans of the State Irrigation Company, her response is to look out the window and recall the security of the past. —haussite.net