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Dead Ears

Two men, an aged farmer and his deaf-mute son, live in a remote area, isolated from civilization. Though sharing the same roof, problems, and sorrows they remain very distant from one another. Their attempts at conversation turn to misunderstanding if not conflict. Father thinks his son is abnormal and childish. Son sees his father as insensitive and crude. Can the two men find their way into understanding one another?

Information

Year
2016
Genre
Documentary
Duration
42'
Production country
Lithuania
Dialogues
Lithuanian

Team

Director
Producer
Jurga Gluskinienė
Script
Linas Mikuta
Cinematography
Kristina Sereikaitė
Editing
Linas Mikuta, Kristina Sereikaitė
Sound designer
Saulius Urbanavičius
Composers
Povilas Vaitkevičius, Benas Šarka
Production company
Monoklis (LT)

Contacts

Jurga Gluskinienė

Director's biography

Linas Mikuta

Linas Mikuta was born in 1980, Klaipeda, Lithuania.

He was graduated as a Theatre Director at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2003.
2005 – 2008 he worked as assistant and associate director at Lithuanian Opera and ballet theatre, Tel- Aviv Opera, Frankfurt Opera. Also he made independent project as director with Vilnius Philharmonia.
In 2009 Linas Mikuta started to work with the cinema projects. In the same year he created a screenplay “Blindness” (original title “Nieko Nematau”) for the scenario contest, organized by “SKALVIJA” cinema centre in Vilnius. This screenplay was awarded as the best scenario of all the participants and took the first place.

Filmography

Failed Scenario / Nevykęs scenarijus (2010, short fiction)
Dinner / Pietūs Lipovkėje (2013, short documentary)
Dzukija’s Bull / Dzūkijos Jautis (2013, documentary)
Fellow travelers / Pakeleiviai (2015, short documentary)
The Last Supper For Two / Paskutinė vakarienė dviems (2015, short fiction)
Dead Ears / Šaltos ausys (2016, short documentary)