''The Excursionist'' ( lt, Ekskursantė, "Excursion Girl") is a 2013 Lithuanian film that dramatizes the story of an eleven-year old Lithuanian girl Marija who escapes from
a Soviet deportation to Siberia. Directed by , with the screenplay of , it is the first Lithuanian non-documentary film about Soviet deportations. The plot is loosely based on a real-life story published in ''Komjaunimo tiesa'' (the Lithuanian edition of ''
Komsomolskaya Pravda
''Komsomolskaya Pravda'' (russian: link=no, Комсомольская правда; lit. "Komsomol Truth") is a daily Russian tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper, founded on 13 March 1925.
History and profile
During the Soviet era, ...
'') in 1989.
Film languages are Lithuanian and Russian. The name of the film refers to an episode when Marija pretends to be a Russian girl strayed from an excursion.
Awards
*2014 (Lithuanian Film Awards)
Įteikti „Sidabrinės gervės 2014“ apdovanojimai
("Silver Crane 2014" awards presented)
**Wins: best screenplay (Pranas Morkus), best actress (Anastasija Marčenkaitė), best cameraman ()
** Nominations: best film, best director, best supporting actor (Igor Savochkin
Igor Yurievich Savochkin (russian: Игорь Юрьевич Савочкин; 14 May 1963 – 17 November 2021) was a Russian theater and film actor.
He died in Moscow on 17 November 2021, at the age of 58 due to liver disease.
Filmography Fi ...
), best supporting actress (Raisa Ryazanova
Raisa Ivanovna Ryazanova (russian: Раиса Ивановна Рязанова; born 31 October 1944 in Petropavlovsk) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She has performed in more than sixty films since 1969. She won the State Prize ...
)
*2014 Nika Awards
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 ...
, Best Film of the CIS and Baltics; tied with ''Haytarma
Haytarma ( crh, Qaytarma — ''«return», «homecoming»'') is a 2013 Ukrainian period drama film. It portrays Crimean Tatar flying ace and Hero of the Soviet Union Amet-khan Sultan against the background of the 1944 deportation of the Crimean ...
''
References
External links
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Film trailer
YouTube
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Lithuanian drama films
Lithuanian-language films
2010s Russian-language films
2013 drama films
Occupation of the Baltic states