Vanishing Waves

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  • Opened March 15, 2013 (NY Limited, April 12 LA)
  • 2 hr 4 min
  • NR

  • Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a strong psychic link in their mutually altered forms of consciousness…and their link quickly evolves into a romantic, sexually charged relationship. As Lukas hides this data from his researchers, he and Aurora meet secretly and passionately in a series of surreal dreamscapes created by their collective minds, but their union is tragically doomed to collapse around them.
    *Note: Lithuanian with English subtitles. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Marius Jampolskis, Jurga Jutaite, Rudolfas Jansonas, Vytautas Kaniusonis, Brice Fournier
  • Director: Kristina Buozyte
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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Slant Magazine
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A scintillating sci-fi throwback, Vanishing Waves draws inspiration from Stanley Kubrick and Andrei Tarkovsky, among others, but without feeling plagiaristic. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Frank Scheck

Trippy in the best sense, Vanishing Waves adds a healthy dose of eroticism to its familiar sci-fi genre. Read full review

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Village Voice
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For those who found Inception too plotty and sexless, Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte's sleek sci-fi reverie is hereby advised. Read full review

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Time Out New York
| David Fear

Yes, it’s derivative to a fault — but a deserved midnight-movie cult following is all but assured. Read full review

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