The fate of a pig farm struggling to make sausage ends meet in 1992 Lithuania, just after the fall of Communism, becomes a rather obvious metaphor for the destructive force of the newfangled ideology of capitalism in Miracle (Stebuklas). This is the first fiction feature from distaff writer-director Egle Vertelyte, who tries to marry the dry and subdued comedy of Finnish master Aki Kaurismaki, from just across the Baltic Sea, with more distinctively local elements and a dash of political critique. The ironically titled film is reportedly the first Lithuanian feature to be selected by the Toronto Film Festival in...
- 9/16/2017
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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