Sunday. The Gospel According to lift-man Albertas

Sekmadienis. Evangelija Pagal Liftininką Albertą

Lithuania

2003

19 Min

Color

Lithuanian

Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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DP Andrius Trukanas, Rimvydas Leipus, Vytautas Survila

SOUND Viktoras Juzonis

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), Rotterdam

Synopsis

It is this inapprehensible Albert’s serenity and the ability of waiting. The shabby basement of the hospital, food “passing through” the elevator, disease, visitors, sometimes death and Albert working in this “hell” around the clock. Or maybe it is not a ”hell”, perhaps he can open the door for somebody, give them a lift to the gate of the Paradise as some St Peter. Most of us would surely go crazy from this physically painful waiting, but Albert knows something we don’t know and it doesn’t prevent him from feeling joy. Quite the contrary –Arūnas Matelis

Director

Arūnas Matelis

Arūnas Matelis was born in 1961 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 1979 –1983 he studies in the Vilnius University faculty of mathematics. 1984 –1989 he graduated from Lithuanian Music Academy, Theatre and TV faculty. 1992 Arūnas Matelis established one of the first independent film production companies in Lithuania called Nominum. Films directed and produced by A. Matelis are basically focusing on creative documentary, based on Arunas’ idea-manifest of “total cinema or poetic documentary”. Arūnas Matelis has directed 10 documentaries and produced about 20 films. Films directed by Arūnas Matelis were awarded and presented in many film festivals around the world like Cannes, Rotterdam, Torino, San Paulo, Oberhausen and others.

Since 1994 A. Matelis is a delegated member (from Lithuanian Filmmakers Union) of Lithuanian Radio and TV Commission. He was a chairman of Lithuanian film experts’ board for several years. Jury member in Bornholm (Denmark), documentary and TV film festival. A. Matelis… read more