A ★★★★ review of Remember to Blink (2022)

Screened at Filmfestvial Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin [English] How can language establish itself as a position of power? A French couple adopts a Lithuanian brother and sister, Karolina and Rytis. Lithuanian student Gabrielė helps with translation and housework. She lives with Jacqueline and Leon for the first few weeks in the secluded house in the mountains (I assume the Pyrenees). Over time, a different understanding of upbringing, culture and attitude becomes apparent. Jacqueline comes into conflict with Gabrielė, on the one hand the controlling adoptive mother, on the other the bittersweet joy of the manipulative key position in interpreting. A

Eye For Film: Adopting different perspectives, Austeja Urbaite chats about her first feature Remember To Blink