Kaunas, 1978: endless shortages, black-market flea markets, fake gold, and the screeching tires of Zigulis. Loreta, an unhappy young mother, trades her grey, impoverished daily life for the bustling Olympus of Kaunas's criminal elite. When she finally becomes the wife of Mongolas, a charismatic mafia man, her life of luxury and love doesn't last: on Christmas 1993 her husband vanishes without a trace, and her world shatters. After two decades of silence, Loreta hears the imprisoned Henrikas Daktaras call her a "barracuda, junkie and tramp" on television and she returns to Kaunas to defend her dignity. In court, the women of the neighbourhood and the widows of mobsters gather and begin a merciless lynching. Drawn into a whirlwind of dramatic memories, the viewer must answer one question: who is this woman, the first in Lithuania to be legally ruled a "barracuda", an innocent victim of her era, or a cold-blooded player?
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Gerda Čiuraitė
Loreta Gedvilaitė
Also in
The 9th Step
The Poet
Rasa Samuolytė
Loreta Gedvilaitė
Also in
Whisper of Sin
Nova Lituania
Martynas Nedzinskas
Rimantas Ganusauskas
Also in
Anarchy Girls
Isaac
Šarūnas Datenis
Henrikas Daktaras
Known for
Chernobyl
Star City
Valentin Novopolskij
Known for
Generation War
Two Prosecutors
Tomas Vengris Director · Valerio Attanasio Writer Teklė Kavtaradzė Writer
First release January 8, 2027 · Produced in Lithuania, Italy, Latvia · Languages Italian, Lithuanian, Russian
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Lithuania · Italy · Latvia
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Original title
Barakuda
Original language
Lithuanian
Spoken on screen
Italian · Lithuanian · Russian
Release dates
Lithuania · January 8, 2027
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No release date listed for United States.
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