The Excursionist

2013 Lithuanian drama film

The Excursionist (Lithuanian: Ekskursantė, "Excursion Girl") is a 2013 Lithuanian film that dramatizes the story of an eleven-year old Lithuanian girl Marija who escapes from a Soviet deportation to Siberia. Directed by Audrius Juzėnas [lt], with the screenplay of Pranas Morkus [lt], it is the first Lithuanian non-documentary film about Soviet deportations. The plot is loosely based on a real-life story published in Komjaunimo tiesa (the Lithuanian edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda) in 1989.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Film languages are Lithuanian and Russian. The name of the film refers to an episode when Marija pretends to be a Russian girl strayed from an excursion.

Awards

2014 Silver Crane [lt] (Lithuanian Film Awards)^[5]
- Wins: best screenplay (Pranas Morkus), best actress (Anastasija Marčenkaitė), best cameraman (Ramūnas Greičius [lt])
- Nominations: best film, best director, best supporting actor (Igor Savochkin), best supporting actress (Raisa Ryazanova)
2014 Nika Awards, Best Film of the CIS and Baltics; tied with Haytarma ^[6]
2014: Special award at the 44th international children's and youth film festival "Giffoni", Italy^[7]

References

^ Vilius Rudra Dundzila, Movie Review: Ekskursantė (The Excursionist), Lituanus, vol. 60, no. 3, 2014
^ "Geriausias 2013 metų lietuviškas filmas "Ekskursantė" demonstruojamas Rusijos žiūrovams". SLAPTAI. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
^ Aivaras Dočkus, "„Ekskursantė“ – ilga, bet neprailgstanti kelionė"
^ Prasidėjo moksleivių odisėja su A. Juzėno „Ekskursante“
^ Įteikti „Sidabrinės gervės 2014“ apdovanojimai ("Silver Crane 2014" awards presented)
^ ""Ekskursantė" laimėjo Rusijos kino premiją - DELFI Veidai". delfi.lt. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
^ ""Ekskursantė" pelnė apdovanojimą Italijoje - DELFI Veidai". delfi.lt. Retrieved 2022-09-08.