Conversations on Serious Topics

2013 | 66 minutes | 6.0 ★ (3)

Conversations on Serious Topics
  • Overview

    Conversations On Serious Topics is a film without exterior action, props, landscapes or special effects. Its main characters are children and teenagers with a special ability to describe the surrounding world. Intimate conversations with them reveal the picture of the modern world -- at times melancholic, at times comical, at times dramatic. Shot in a minimalist fashion, the film raises questions about loneliness, love, God, the world and human relations. "The world is people." "Don't you believe in God? I can teach you how to start believing..."

  • Release Date

    01 January 2013

  • DirectingGiedrė Beinoriūtė
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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