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.
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Audrius Stonys Director · Audrius Kemežys Cinematographer Danielius Kokanauskis Editor
First release November 24, 2006 · Produced in Lithuania · Original title Ūkų ūkai
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ARTE GEIE
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Lithuania
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Original title
Ūkų ūkai
Original language
Lithuanian
Spoken on screen
Lithuanian
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Lithuania · November 24, 2006
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