Paris-based Totem Movies has shared an unique first-look clip of “The Customer,” set to world premiere in the primary competitors on the 59th Karlovy Range Movie Pageant. Totem Movies holds world gross sales rights to the movie, which is directed by Lithuania’s Vytautas Katkus.

The movie facilities on 30-year-old Danielius, who has been dwelling in Norway for over a decade. He has every thing he wants — a job, a household, and mates. However when his father passes away, he’s pressured to return to his hometown in Lithuania to promote his childhood condominium.

Arriving on the finish of summer season, the small resort city appears like a short lived retreat. But he rapidly realizes that every thing has modified. As Danielius reconnects with acquainted locations, previous mates, and lingering recollections, he’s confronted by a quiet sense of loneliness. As a substitute of resisting, he permits himself to discover it.

Between farewells and fleeting moments, Danielius embraces the current — immersing himself within the city one final time earlier than lastly letting go.

“ ‘The Customer’ asks what it means to revisit the locations, individuals, and feelings we thought have been lengthy behind us,” Katkus stated. “By means of Danielius’s journey, the movie turns into a quiet exploration of reminiscence, longing, and the refined disorientation of returning to a life that now not appears like your personal. I needed the viewer to really feel as if they’re being led by means of a panorama of their very own previous — acquainted, light, and stuffed with surprising emotion. It’s about arriving too late, or staying too lengthy, and confronting what nonetheless lingers.”

Totem Movies, which got here on board because the movie’s world gross sales agent in 2023, stated: “Vytautas continues to immerse us in his inventive universe constructed round human relationships and a fantastic consideration to the cinematic type. We love how his movies are additionally all the time infused with humor and consider that ‘The Customer’ will resonate with worldwide audiences.”

“The Customer” is produced by Marija Razgutė and Brigita Beniušytė for Lithuania-based manufacturing firm M-Movies, with co-production by Staer and the Arctic Movie Norway Spend money on Norway and Garagefilm Worldwide in Sweden.

“The Customer” is co-written with Marija Kavtaradze, author/director of Sundance award winner “Sluggish” in 2023, on which Totem Movies and M-Movies collaborated. “Sluggish” was additionally screened on the 2023 version of Karlovy Range; it has since been bought to greater than 20 nations.

Distributors for the manufacturing nations are already confirmed, with Kino Pavasaris for Lithuania, Staer for Norway and Folkets Bio for Sweden. The movie is supported by the Lithuanian Movie Centre, Eurimages – Council of Europe, Swedish Movie Institute, Artistic Europe MEDIA and Lithuanian Nationwide Radio and Tv.

Katkus’ “Locations” was at Venice in 2020 as a nominee for the Horizons’ greatest brief movie award, and “Cherries” was in Cannes’ brief movie competitors in 2022.

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