Advokatas

The life of the gay corporate lawyer Marius proceeds aimlessly from one day to the next. He spends his time with beautiful young men and fancy dinners. When, one day, his estranged father dies existential questions arise; above all the longing for a passionate and long-term relationship with another man. In an online video chat he meets Ali, who is stranded in Belgrade, and travels to meet him. But is it also true love for Ali, or is it all about getting a ticket to Europe? Starting from this extraordinary connection between two men Romas Zabarauskas also raises questions of the contrast between rich and poor and the resulting risk of exploitation. Owing to its outstanding cinematic composition, everything from the avant-garde gallery in Vilnius to the prefab buildings in New Belgrade is stylishly captured, whilst Ieva Marija Baranauskaite's elegant soundtrack rounds off this little pearl of a film. JJ