The Lawyer

Mar 27, 2020

1h 37m

★ 4.0

Overview

Marius is a highly successful lawyer based in Vilnius. He becomes obsessed with Ali, a handsome Syrian refugee he first encounters in an online chatroom run out of Belgrade. Marius is rich and enjoys a vibrant social and cultural life. Nevertheless, he feels that something is missing from it. The journey from Lithuania to Serbia is a relatively short one, but can the two navigate their way through the gulf that separates their very different lives? And how do they deal with the precarious obstacles of the physical borders that stand between them? Written and directed by Romas Zabarauskas, The Lawyer questions assumptions about what it means to be an immigrant and the possibilities offered by life in contemporary Europe.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Naratyvas

The Lawyer Trailers

Cast

Marius

Eimutis Kvoščiauskas

Ali

Doğaç Yıldız

Darya

Darya Ekamasova

Lukas

Denisas Kolomyckis

Pranas

Danilas Pavilionis

Mama

Neringa Bulotaitė

Emilija

Aistė Diržiūtė

Linas

Naglis Bierancas

Aurimas

Simonas Mozūra

Jana

Aiste S. Gram

Anja

Jelena Stupljanin

Ada

Clotilde Rigaud

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