[Mante Valiunaite on Raimondas Vabalas] 'Raimondas Vabalas devoted his life to observing people’s everyday life and struggled with Soviet ideology. The director’s oeuvre is characterized by his sensitivity for history and the political situation in the country, as well as his quest for new forms of cinematic expression. He didn’t try to impress; his cinematic language was simple, precise and sharp.'