MūžīBAS SKARTIE
TOUCHED BY ETERNITY
Performance
Latvian director Marcis Lācis places a character clearly inspired by „The Dude" from the Coen brothers' THE BIG LEBOWSKI in the setting of a vampire horror film. A slacker who likes to go with the flow gets a chance to prolong that feeling toward infinity and suddenly discovers that this prospect is not so appealing after all.
The paths to immortality are explored with a touch of black humor. Among the bloodsuckers there is a guest from Latin America — a fourth-generation vampire, Pinochet's great-grandson. His Latvian “colleagues” are endowed with northern imperturbability and severity. They wear black leather cloaks and, in moments of ecstasy, throw raves. In the absence of lavish set design, lighting does the job: shades of red, blue and purple flood the frame, transporting the audience from the real world to the supernatural. The rules of the genre are strictly followed, but the final twist of this funny and absurd film may surprise even those who have already watched all the vampire classics.
Text: Ksenia Reutova
Thu 06.11. I 21:00 I OBENKINO I original version with English subtitles
Marcis Lacis
Mārcis Lācis - Mārcis Lācis (1981) is a Latvian film and theatre director and actor based in Riga, Latvia. Having studied BA in acting, he continued to explore artistic possibilities in directing and further obtained two Masters degrees in both theatre and film directing from the Latvian Academy of Culture. After proving himself in the field of theatre for more than 10 years in different national theatres, Mārcis Lācis releases his debut feature film “Revolution” in 2022 which, quite naturally, blurs the boundaries between theatre and cinema. In 2024, together with the production company Trickster Pictures and producers Matīss Kaža and Dace Siatkovska, he makes his sophomore feature "Touched By Eternity", a satirical vampire comedy on an existential note, which will have its' world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
