Lithuanian Oscar Contender-THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES

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The New York Baltic Film Festival at Scandinavia House presents a screening and director talk on the hit coming-of-age film The Southern Chronicles (Pietinia kronikas), Lithuania’s official entry to the 98th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. Director Ignas Miškinis will present a virtual film talk about the film exploring a young man’s struggle with love and the future amid a newly independent Protected content Lithuania.
In a working-class neighborhood of the Lithuanian city of Siauliai, a few years after the restoration of the country’s independence, brawny 17-year-old Rimants (Džiugas Grinys) is on the cusp of adulthood. More interested in playing rugby, listening to bands and dealing on the black market with his friend Minde than studying at school — much to the disapproval of his parents — Rimants is certain that physical strength and money are the essentials for success in a changing, competitive society. But when he meets and falls in love with the beautiful, middle-class Monika, Rimants is introduced to a new world of literature, culture and alternative possibilities which he explores with guarded enthusiasm. However, frustrated by the difficult, fickle nature of young love and the ever-present obstacles of class, Rimants eventually casts aside the expectations of others and begins to contemplate a future on his own terms.