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Uku ukai

Uku ukai

2006 30min LT

Sorrow does not come merely from contemplating death, which forces us to look into Eternity, but also from life, which compels us to confront Time", wrote Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyayev. Renowned Lithuanian documentarist Audrius Stonys took these words as a motto for his latest film, a meditative visual essay which portrays old people undertaking all kinds of activities, meditation and group laughter therapy. Without a single word of commentary, he creates from sophisticated, aesthetic images a compelling study of human corporeality which, in an ideal union with spiritual equilibrium, can sustain us with the pledge that old age doesn't have to be a painful wait for the last breath.

director: Audrius Stonys

external: IMDb

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Credits

Audrius Kemežys

Audrius Kemežys

Director of Photography

Arūnas Stoškus

Arūnas Stoškus

Producer

Audrius Stonys

Audrius Stonys

Screenplay

Audrius Stonys

Audrius Stonys

Director

Viktoras Juzonis

Viktoras Juzonis

Sound Director

Vidmantas Bartulis

Vidmantas Bartulis

Music

Danielius Kokanauskis

Danielius Kokanauskis

Editor

Giedrius Puskunigis

Giedrius Puskunigis

Music

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Music

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