Shanghai Banzai

Overview

„Every city has his own Shanghai!“ „Shanghai Banzai“– it‘s an ironic short documentary about an old and poor district nearby Vilnius city centre called Snipiskes, which is also known as Shanghai. Film exposes a paradoxical situation where countryside with its multicultural (Lithuanians, Russians, Polish, Gypsies) community exists in the very centre of Vilnius. Also film tries to find out the origin of district’s nickname Shanghai. Film portraits inhabitants of Vilnius Shanghai, who have their own rules, loves, habits and sins. Most of them live in their Past still remembering their youth. Now modern skyscrapers exchange old wooden houses and nobody knows what is waiting for “characters” of Shanghai.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2010

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Lithuanian

Production

VŠĮ “Kultūrinių projektų centras”

Director

Jūratė Samulionytė

Writer

Jūratė Samulionytė

Producer

Asta Valčiukaitė

Cinematography

Audrius Zelenius

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt15040690