2010 · drama · crime · lithuanian
Eastern Drift
Directed by Šarūnas Bartas1h 51m2010
A drug smuggler is betrayed by his partner and is then forced to seek help from Russian mobsters.
Our read: Eastern Drift (2010) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · crime · lithuanian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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