''The Corridor'' () is a 1995 Lithuanian drama film directed by

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. It has a fragmentary narrative without dialogue and depicts several people in Vilnius. According to the director, the title symbolizes "the atmosphere of a corridor between yesterday and today, containing many doors". The film was shown in the Panorama section of the

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. It won the

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Prize at the 1995

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Cast

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* Eimuntas Nekroshius * Mantvydas Janeliunas *

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Reception

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of ''

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'' wrote: "The camera lingers on various characters, including a youth played by the director, who just sit or stand about, looking miserable. Nothing much happens. ... Whatever Bartas was trying to communicate in ''The Corridor'' is difficult to determine, and maybe only the initiated can work it out."

References

1995 films Films directed by Šarūnas Bartas Films set in Lithuania Lithuanian drama films Lithuanian-language films Vilnius in fiction {{Lithuania-film-stub