The Noisemaker (2014)
Triukšmadarys
A provincial school is waiting for an official delegation from the Ministry who is supposed to bring a new bell. But a bell is not what the school needs... Struggling to survive, the institution is currently lacking the two pupils required by governmental quota in order to stay open. Anticipating the arrival of the delegation, the principal tries his best to hide the real number of students to avoid the unavoidable closing down of the school.
- Date of release
- 2014-08-14
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Karolis Kaupinis
Casting
- Valentinas Masalskis — Principal
- Šarūnas Puidokas — Caretaker
- Aldona Bendoriute — Teacher
- Elona Karoblytė — Teacher
Interesting facts
The Noisemaker is a Lithuanian short film written and directed by Karolis Kaupinis and released in 2014.
Production
The Noisemaker is the debut short film of Karolis Kaupinis and his first collaboration with Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutė (M-Films).
Both of the director's parents were schoolteachers, leading him to make a short film about the closure of schools in rural areas, a common phenomenon in Lithuania since the 1990s. The short was filmed in an elementary school in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.
The Noisemaker was the first Lithuanian film to be selected for the Locarno Film Festival in 20 years, since 1994.
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