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Perpetuum Mobile

  • 2008
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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Perpetuum Mobile (2008)
Drama

Ron has lost his job and watched his family fall apart. He spends his days at the club of his childhood friend, Adi, where he plays cards for money. It is springtime. He meets Dina, an old f... Read allRon has lost his job and watched his family fall apart. He spends his days at the club of his childhood friend, Adi, where he plays cards for money. It is springtime. He meets Dina, an old friend of Adi. They quickly become close, start playing as a team, and move in together. On... Read allRon has lost his job and watched his family fall apart. He spends his days at the club of his childhood friend, Adi, where he plays cards for money. It is springtime. He meets Dina, an old friend of Adi. They quickly become close, start playing as a team, and move in together. One evening, Ron loses all his money at the tables, gets drunk and is thrown out by Adi's bo... Read all

  • Director
    • Valdas Navasaitis
  • Writer
    • Valdas Navasaitis
  • Stars
    • Dainius Gavenonis
    • Julija Goyd
    • Ramunas Cicenas
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
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    • Director
      • Valdas Navasaitis
    • Writer
      • Valdas Navasaitis
    • Stars
      • Dainius Gavenonis
      • Julija Goyd
      • Ramunas Cicenas
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Dainius Gavenonis
    • Ron
    Julija Goyd
    • Dina
    Ramunas Cicenas
    • Adi
    Viktorija Kuodyte
    Jonas Vaitkus
    Jonas Vaitkus
    Donatas Simukauskas
    Donatas Simukauskas
    • Youger Brother
    Ramunas Simukauskas
    • Elder Brother
    Dalia Storyk
    • Ron's Mother
    • Director
      • Valdas Navasaitis
    • Writer
      • Valdas Navasaitis
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    1dzong

    The title means "Perpetual Motion" but film feels like "No Motion"....

    Some friends and I went to see this movie at the local EU Film Festival in Tokyo, where it was representing Lithuania.

    Unfortunately, this drab "arthouse" film has little to recommend it. The main characters- a divorced alcoholic and a desperate model with some sort of murky backstory- are unpleasant and uninteresting. The plot meanders from "so what?" to "who cares?" as we watch the man repeatedly drink, gamble and have a hangover in the morning....Even the scenery is dreary. By the end, we're indifferent as to what has transpired during the lean 90-minute running time.

    As one of my colleagues pointed out, it's a "slice-of-life" drama (which Eastern European countries usually do so well) but about low-lives.

    If you're looking for a better film from the Baltic Republics, go and enjoy Estonia's "Klass" (9/10) or even Latvia's beautifully shot but overly patriotic "Defenders of Riga (7/10). There's nothing here to to recommend to the viewer....

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 2008 (Lithuania)
    • Country of origin
      • Lithuania
    • Language
      • Lithuanian
    • Also known as
      • Вечный двигатель
    • Filming locations
      • Vente Cape, Lithuania
    • Production companies
      • Studio Uljana Kim
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      • €600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,311
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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