Official US Trailer for Acclaimed ‘Slow’ Romance Film from Lithuania
by Alex Billington
March 28, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I’m never going to stop caring.” An official US trailer has arrived for an indie romance film from Lithuania titled Slow, made by filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze. This initially premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival last year where it received some rave reviews, before going on to play at many other fests including Sydney, Karlovy Vary, Galway, Helsinki, Zurich, Nashville, Hamburg, London, and AFI Fest last fall. Slow is a unique film about love showing a story of two people, one of them asexual, who prefer to take it slow and let their intimacy build in its own way. Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must also learn to navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy. The film stars Greta Grinevičiūtė as Elena & Kęstutis Cicėnas as Dovydas, with Rimante Valiukaite. “Through dance, tense quietude, and a stunningly singular exploration of asexuality, she forefronts physicality and its limitations in the expression of emotional expectation.” It’s worth a look.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Marija Kavtaradze’s film Slow, direct from YouTube:
Original intro via Sundance: “Contemporary dancer Elena meets Dovydas when he is assigned to interpret via sign language in a class she is teaching to deaf youth. Their connection is immediate, kinetic, and frictionless. As they gravitate toward each other, resisting the forces and interventions of their separate daily lives, their bond deepens from platonic to romantic. When Dovydas discloses his asexuality, the couple commit themselves to honoring their individual needs in tandem. As they continue to weave more tightly together, they struggle to negotiate sacrifice and compromise and are forced to discover the edges of their generosity toward the other.” Slow is both written and directed by Lithuanian filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze, her second feature film after Summer Survivors previously, plus many of other short films. Produced by Marija Razgute. This first premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival last year. Kavtaradze’s Slow film will debut in select US theaters starting May 3rd, 2024 coming soon. Anyone interested in this?