Dreaming of an escape from the bleakness of their hometown, two teens form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
Acting
Matulytė and Rupeikaitė's raw, feral chemistry carries every frame.
Direction
Bliuvaitė's unflinching gaze never aestheticizes the damage.
Cinematography
Crushed grays and sickly fluorescents—no beauty, all truth.
Director
Saulė Bliuvaitė
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bliuvaitė draws from Lithuania's post-Soviet 'model factory' phenomenon, where rural poverty and Western aspiration created literal body farms for European markets.
The film's 4:3 aspect ratio isn't nostalgic—it's claustrophobic, trapping these girls in frames they can never fill to satisfaction.
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