SUMMER SURVIVORS

IŠGYVENTI VASARĄ

By Marija KAVTARADZE

M-FILMS - as PROD

Road movie - Completed 2018

An ambitious young psychologist accepts to
transport two patients to a seaside psychiatric unit.
While all three characters are fighting their own
inner battles, the unlikely journey will bring them
closer to each other in this powerful yet bittersweet
story, full of hope and light.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018
Discovery
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Road movie, First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • LITHUANIA
    • Languages
    • LITHUANIAN
    • Duration
    • 91 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marija KAVTARADZE
    • Writer(s)
    • Marija KAVTARADZE
    • Producer(s)
    • Marija RAZGUTE (M-FILMS)
    • Synopsis

    • An ambitious young research psychologist, Indre,
      who has reluctantly agreed to transport two
      patients from one psychiatric unit to another in
      exchange for research privileges at her clinic, finds
      herself the leader of a rather rag-tag band on the
      long journey to the sea. Outgoing Paulius is a young
      man whose manic stage of his bipolar disorder
      stands in great contrast to the introvert Juste
      whose wounds are hidden from sight, but they
      both struggle to fight the inner battles that define
      them. As they all navigate the survival process
      together, what looks like a carefree summer ride
      with friends sharing laughs from the outside,
      could actually be the beginning of healing in this
      bittersweet story that — just like summer — is full
      of hopes, surprises and the promise that anything
      is possible.