English: Suicide | |
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Director: | Mindaugas Sruogius |
Cinematography: | Simonas Glinskis |
Editing: | Mindaugas Sruogius |
Producer: | |
Studio: | M-FILMS |
Country: | Lithuania |
Language: | Lithuanian |
Runtime: | 22 minutes |
Suicide (Lithuanian: Savižudis) is a Lithuanian short film written and directed by Mindaugas Sruogius and released in 2008.
The film tells a story about the middle-age man who deals with the crisis in his life. His plans about the suicide are suddenly changed by a mass of awkward events that enroll during the film.
Suicide is the debut film of Mindaugas Sruogius and a first production for the Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutė during their respective studies at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.[1]
This is also the first short produced by Lithuanian production company M-Films.[2]
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Bukowski.[3] [4]
Suicide was selected in 2009 for the Lithuanian Film Academy "Silver Crane" Awards and won the Best Student Film award.[5]