Emilia

Soviet Lithuania in 1972. A young theatre actress is trying to make a difference and tell the forbidden story of repression in a play.

Cast

Ieva Andrejevaitė

as Emilija

Darius Gumauskas

as Marius

Tauras Čižas

as Grigaitis

Severija Janušauskaitė

as Kristina

Ramūnas Šimukauskas

as Julius

Ceslovas Stonys

as Česlovas

Remigijus Vilkaitis

as Jonas Korsakas

Saulius Čiučelis

as Andrius

Valentin Novopolskij

as Darius

Gabrielė Aničaitė

as Aušra

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