It's disappointing how a great story is told in such an unfocused and weak way. There's no clear point of view, no character drives the story and the boy who seems to be the protagonist has no objective. I think the weakest part of the film is the poor casting of the protagonist since he never shows any emotion at all, not even when he asks about things he's supposed to care about and he just wanders around observing everything for no reason, doing absolutely nothing. The dialogues are also very bad, like when the boy and Ignas talk about getting land for free and out of nowhere bring out believing in God. The most emotional scenes which are between father and son, suffer from over exposition, old secret stories that are triggered out of nothing and what's worse, don't change anything in the boy. This is a shame because the father (Arvydas Dapsys) delivers a great performance. The only aspects of the film that made me watch it through were the cinematography, the locations and the rest of the characters which are really superb.
Review of At Dusk
