Two prisoners sentenced for life in a Lithuanian prison share their innermost thoughts, as they struggle to embrace hope for the future in a hopeless present. Their quest for dignity and rebirth is juxtaposed with the director’s personal journey from anger to forgiveness, after having lost his brother to murder: the convicted murderer served half of his sentence and was released on the grounds of “exemplary behavior.” An unbiased tale of tolerance and reconciliation set against a timeless background, exploring the notions of justice, remorse, punishment, and freedom.
Exemplary Behaviour
Exemplary Behaviour
#memory
#society
22nd TDF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Audrius Mickevičius, Nerijus Milerius
- Script: Audrius Mickevičius, Georgi Tenev
- Cinematography: Valdas Jarutis, Audrius Kemežys
- Editing: Ema Konstantinova
- Sound: Andrius Kriščiūnas, Kostas Radlinskas
- Music: Marjan Šijanec
- Production: Era Film
- Producers: Rasa Miškinytė, Martichka Bozhilova, Igor Pediček
- Co-production: Agitprop, Casablanca Film Production
- Co-producers: Martichka Bozhilova, Igor Pediček
- Camera: Julius Žalnierukynas, Audrius Mickevičius
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 85΄
- Contact: Era Film, rasa@erafilm.lt
- Awards/Distinctions: FIPRESCI Prize (Best Documentary), Golden Dove (Long Documentary and Animated Film), Prize of the Interreligious Jury – Leipzig DOK Festival 2019
Audrius Mickevičius
Filmography
2008 Man-Horse
2011 2 Indeliai Jogurto (short)
2019 Exemplary Behaviour (co-directed)
2011 2 Indeliai Jogurto (short)
2019 Exemplary Behaviour (co-directed)
Nerijus Milerius
Filmography
2019 Exemplary Behaviour (co-directed)