Eastern Drift

Eastern Drift is a 2010 Lithuanian crime film directed by Šarūnas Bartas, starring Bartas and Klavdiya Korshunova. Its Lithuanian title is Eurazijos aborigenas and its French title is Indigène d'Eurasie, which means "Eurasian native". It tells the story of a drug smuggler who wants to quit, but is betrayed and tries to flee, together with his prostitute ex-girlfriend, from Moscow to France through Belarus and Lithuania. The film premiered in the Forum section of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Eastern Drift
Film poster
LithuanianEurazijos aborigenas
FrenchIndigène d'Eurasie
Directed byŠarūnas Bartas
Written byŠarūnas Bartas
Catherine Paillé
Produced byGrégoire Debailly
CinematographyŠarūnas Bartas
Edited byDanielius Kokanauskis
Music byAlexander Zekke
Release date
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesLithuania
France
Russia
LanguagesFrench
Lithuanian
Russian

Cast

Reception

Neil Young wrote in The Hollywood Reporter: "The fact that Bartas -- no oil-painting -- has co-devised a scenario where he's lusted after by two gorgeous babes may strike many as narcissistic. Ditto his decision to give himself numerous close-ups and to show off his wiry physique in a nude scene that allows contemplation of his trim buttocks. ... Taken as a whole, however, there is something quietly persuasive and cumulatively engaging about Eastern Drift, not least the way it depicts a Europe that seems to have become progressively 'Russified' since the early 1990s. Bartas finds grey, bleak corners of every city he comes across, often with ironically inappropriate terms like 'Eldorado' and 'Shangri-La' spelled out in Cyrillic neon on building fronts."[2] Variety's Leslie Felperin wrote: "With the nicely shot but messily assembled thriller Eastern Drift, a French-Lithuanian-Russian co-prod, Lithuanian helmer-writer-lenser-thesp Sharunas Bartas further demonstrates, after Seven Invisible Men, that he should stick to camera operating. ... Dire editing, Bartas’ inability to shoot action, act himself or direct thesps all create a tedious excursion."[3]

References
  1. "Indigène d'Eurasie". berlinale.de. Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  2. Young, Neal (2010-10-14). "Eastern Drift -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  3. Felperin, Leslie (2010-02-13). "Review: 'Eastern Drift'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  • Eastern Drift at the production company's website (in Lithuanian)


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