''Seven Invisible Men'' () is a 2005 Lithuanian 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 a group of Russian outcasts and criminals who travel in a stolen car and behave dysfunctionally and irresponsibly, eventually clashing with the surrounding world. The film was a co-production between companies in Lithuania, France and Portugal. It premiered in the

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...

section of the

2005 Cannes Film Festival The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgium, Belgian film ''L'Enfant (film), L'Enfant ...

. It was nominated for the 2005

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

for Best Feature Film.

Cast

* Dmitriy Podnozov as Vanechka * Rita Klein as Masha * Aleksandre Saulov as Pasha * Saakanush Vanyan as Mila * Denis Kirillov as Bobik * Igor Cygankov as Karpusha

References

External links

''Seven Invisible Men''
at the production company's website 2005 films Films directed by Šarūnas Bartas Lithuanian drama films 2000s road movies 2000s Russian-language films Films produced by Paulo Branco {{Lithuania-film-stub