Synopse
In 1997, filmmaker Modesta’s family illegally emigrates to Naples, Florida in search of a better life. Using home video footage from 1997–1999, the film traces their everyday struggles, hopes, and the fragile promise of the American dream.
As Modesta’s mother pushes herself through years of exhausting labor, she eventually suffers a psychotic episode, forcing the family to return to Lithuania, where she is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia—turning their pursuit of a better life into a lasting psychological rupture.
Decades later, approaching the age her mother was then, Modesta revisits this past through archival material and present-day conversations, searching for understanding and reconciliation.
As Modesta’s mother pushes herself through years of exhausting labor, she eventually suffers a psychotic episode, forcing the family to return to Lithuania, where she is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia—turning their pursuit of a better life into a lasting psychological rupture.
Decades later, approaching the age her mother was then, Modesta revisits this past through archival material and present-day conversations, searching for understanding and reconciliation.
Články
11. 5. 2026
Bell Boy získal dvě ocenění na Short Pitch Programu 2026
EAST DOC
Varšava letos přivítala nové dokumentární talenty ze střední a východní Evropy, které se setkaly v rámci Short Pitch Programu 2026. Vyvrcholením byl ceremoniál, na němž porota ocenila projekty Bell Boy, Naples, Florida a Kyiv Under My Wheels.
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