''Freedom'' () is a 2000 drama film directed by

Šarūnas Bartas Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian film director. One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century. His 2015 film ''Peace to Us in Our Dreams'' was screened in the Directors' Fortn ...

. It tells the story of two men and a woman who are stranded in the Moroccan desert after a failed smuggling trip. The film was a co-production between companies in Lithuania, France and Portugal. It premiered in competition at the

57th Venice International Film Festival The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000. The Golden Lion was awarded to Dayereh directed by Jafar Panahi. Jury The following people comprised the 2000 jury: * Miloš Forman (head of jury ...

Cast

* Valentinas Masalskis as the man * Fatima Ennaflaoui as the girl * Axel Neumann as the other

Reception

Michael Atkinson wrote in ''

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'': "''Freedom'' (2000) is Bartas reasserting his perspective in what begins as an almost fully contextualized adventure story: two men and a woman stranded in the Moroccan desert after a smuggling trip goes awry (that single, distantly observed scene, with the coast patrol boat firing away while both boats nearly capsize in rough seas, is one of Bartas's most breathtaking). Speech is a useless recourse in this dangerously gorgeous terrain, and the starving characters join us in simply killing time before the earth swallows them. That may be Bartas's essential idea: The waiting is the hardest part."

References

External links

''Freedom''
at the production company's website 2000 films Films directed by Šarūnas Bartas Films set in Morocco Lithuanian drama films 2000s French-language films Films produced by Paulo Branco French drama films Portuguese drama films 2000s French films {{Lithuania-film-stub