Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite in Remember To Blink). Kundrotaite: 'You cannot direct the children, the children direct you' Photo: Courtesy of Poff Adoption psychodrama Remember To Blink, sees Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite), a young woman who is hired to help a pair of young Lithuanian children (Ajus Atanavicius and Inesa Sionova) adapt to their new lives in rural France, come into increasing conflict with their new mum Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay). The perspective shifts repeatedly through the drama, which is playing in the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the Baltic Competition. This ambiguity is something we spoke to director Austeja Urbaite about. We also caught up with Kundrotaite and Azoulay to talk about their characters and how they prepared for the film.
French star Azoulay - who can currently be seen in the UK in Black Box, which is playing as part of the French Film Festival - says that not speaking...
French star Azoulay - who can currently be seen in the UK in Black Box, which is playing as part of the French Film Festival - says that not speaking...
- 11/25/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Karolina (Inesa Sionova) and Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) in Remember To Blink. Austėja Urbaitė: 'I see grown-ups in kids and I see kids in grown-ups. And I look for them behind the actions' Lithuanian writer/director Austėja Urbaitė’s first feature Remember To Blink is ambitious, as it charts a psychological tale of unexpected jealousy through the story of an adoption, which is told across two languages. When Lithuanian student Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite) arrives in France to help Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay) and Leon (Arthur Igual) with their upcoming adoption of two young Lithuanian children, everything seems fine at first.
But soon the burgeoning sisterly relationship between Gabi and Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) leads to an unspoken rivalry between Gabi and Jacqueline that becomes increasingly serious.
Austėja Urbaitė in Tallinn. Urbaitė: 'When you have something driving you from inside, you just do it' Photo:...
But soon the burgeoning sisterly relationship between Gabi and Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) leads to an unspoken rivalry between Gabi and Jacqueline that becomes increasingly serious.
Austėja Urbaitė in Tallinn. Urbaitė: 'When you have something driving you from inside, you just do it' Photo:...
- 11/24/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Serpentine imagery snakes through this debut from Austeja Urbaite. It also proves slippery in terms of genre with its tale of adoption beginning in traditional drama territory before slithering into an unpredictable psychological battle for control.
The life of French couple Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay) and Leon (Arthur Igual) seems pretty idyllic. They live in a countryside home, where they are in the process of welcoming Lithuanian student Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite) whose job is to ease the passage of two youngsters from her country into the French family as their mother is giving them up. Signs that this may not be quite the paradise it first appears are indicated early on when we learn that they initially only wanted one child but agreed to the pair in a bid to speed the adoption. Still, when sensitive little Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) arrive, everything goes well at.
The life of French couple Jacqueline (Anne Azoulay) and Leon (Arthur Igual) seems pretty idyllic. They live in a countryside home, where they are in the process of welcoming Lithuanian student Gabi (Dovile Kundrotaite) whose job is to ease the passage of two youngsters from her country into the French family as their mother is giving them up. Signs that this may not be quite the paradise it first appears are indicated early on when we learn that they initially only wanted one child but agreed to the pair in a bid to speed the adoption. Still, when sensitive little Rytis (Ajus Antanavicius) and his slightly older sister Karolina (Inesa Sionova) arrive, everything goes well at.
- 10/26/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Dangerous nature: Urbaité high on symbolism as she revives Gorgon myth in a French forest
Director Austéja Urbaité makes her feature debut with an adoption drama supplemented by themes of mysticism, jealousy and power dynamics. Perhaps due to the fact that Remember to Blink is the director’s debut, the work is in some ways quite ambitious and it establishes several themes of interest, which are seldom fully developed throughout the story.
French couple Jacqueline and Leon (Anne Azoulay and Arthur Igual) decide to adopt a pair of siblings from Lithuania. Since the children do not understand French, the couple hire a young girl, Gabriele (Dovile Kundrotaite), to initially help as a translator.…...
Director Austéja Urbaité makes her feature debut with an adoption drama supplemented by themes of mysticism, jealousy and power dynamics. Perhaps due to the fact that Remember to Blink is the director’s debut, the work is in some ways quite ambitious and it establishes several themes of interest, which are seldom fully developed throughout the story.
French couple Jacqueline and Leon (Anne Azoulay and Arthur Igual) decide to adopt a pair of siblings from Lithuania. Since the children do not understand French, the couple hire a young girl, Gabriele (Dovile Kundrotaite), to initially help as a translator.…...
- 10/22/2022
- by Eliška Soukupová
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Here’s your first trailer for German director Kilian Riedhof’s drama You Will Not Have My Hate based on the true story of a man’s quest to rebuild his life without hatred after his wife was killed in the 2015 Bataclan attack in Paris.
The French-language film will world premiere at the 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13) in a Piazza Grande screening.
The work is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by French journalist Antoine Leiris, recounting his journey as he rebuilt his life and that of his young son following his wife’s murder alongside 89 other people in a terror attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on November 13, 2015.
Leiris’s story garnered attention in France and internationally after he posted an open letter on Facebook to his wife’s killers, saying: “On Friday night, you stole the life of an exceptional being,...
The French-language film will world premiere at the 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13) in a Piazza Grande screening.
The work is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by French journalist Antoine Leiris, recounting his journey as he rebuilt his life and that of his young son following his wife’s murder alongside 89 other people in a terror attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on November 13, 2015.
Leiris’s story garnered attention in France and internationally after he posted an open letter on Facebook to his wife’s killers, saying: “On Friday night, you stole the life of an exceptional being,...
- 7/6/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has set the premiere date for its police interrogation drama Criminal. The series, which stars For Life’s Nicholas Pinnock, Doctor Who’s David Tennant and Agent Carter’s Hayley Atwell, will launch on September 20.
The Svod service has also unveiled the first images for the format bending series.
Criminal consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.
Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.
In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay and Mhamed Arezki...
The Svod service has also unveiled the first images for the format bending series.
Criminal consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.
Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.
In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay and Mhamed Arezki...
- 8/9/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a series taking a new spin on the old British procedural. Netflix is bringing us an anthology series that set in four different countries, with different casts and directors, and different stories… that are all set in the interrogation rooms in police stations.
The series will be set in France, Spain, Germany and the U.K. The series is described by Deadline as a “stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question” that will be written, directed, and produced by the local language and talent to each country.
Deadline reports the following descriptions and cast info for each installment:
Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.
In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas,...
The series will be set in France, Spain, Germany and the U.K. The series is described by Deadline as a “stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question” that will be written, directed, and produced by the local language and talent to each country.
Deadline reports the following descriptions and cast info for each installment:
Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.
In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Nicholas Pinnock, star of ABC’s forthcoming legal drama For Life, Doctor Who’s David Tennant and Agent Carter’s Hayley Atwell are to star in Netflix’s police interrogation drama Criminal.
The format bending series consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.
Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.
In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay and Mhamed Arezki star alongside guest stars Nathalie Baye, Jérémie Renier and Sara Giraudeau.
In Germany, Eva Meckbach,...
The format bending series consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.
Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.
In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay and Mhamed Arezki star alongside guest stars Nathalie Baye, Jérémie Renier and Sara Giraudeau.
In Germany, Eva Meckbach,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Television is taking over film festivals, and Tiff has been part of the trend since 2015. That’s when the Toronto International Film Festival first launched its Primetime program, and since then attendees have been treated to premieres like “Black Mirror,” “Casual,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” “The Deuce,” “Transparent,” and more.
In 2018, the TV slate includes big brand names and movie stars — including Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Olsen — as well as a number of lesser known series looking to make their mark. Tiff has seen similar names in the past, but not all of the TV shows debuting at the festival made the impression their distributors, producers, and stars hoped when they landed on TV. Just like the buzziest films may not break the box office, the festival may not elevate TV enough in this peak TV era.
Still, it’s a publicity boon and a helpful prestige play. Amazon, for instance,...
In 2018, the TV slate includes big brand names and movie stars — including Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Olsen — as well as a number of lesser known series looking to make their mark. Tiff has seen similar names in the past, but not all of the TV shows debuting at the festival made the impression their distributors, producers, and stars hoped when they landed on TV. Just like the buzziest films may not break the box office, the festival may not elevate TV enough in this peak TV era.
Still, it’s a publicity boon and a helpful prestige play. Amazon, for instance,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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