The Excursionist (, "Excursionist Girl") is a 2013 Lithuanian historical drama film that dramatizes the story of an eleven-year old Lithuanian girl Marija who escapes from a Soviet deportation to Siberia. Directed by , with the screenplay of , it is the first Lithuanian non-documentary film about Soviet deportations. The plot is loosely based on a real-life story published in Komjaunimo tiesa (the Lithuanian edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda) in 1989.Vilius Rudra Dundzila, Movie Review: Ekskursantė (The Excursionist), Lituanus, vol. 60, no. 3, 2014Aivaras Dočkus, "„Ekskursantė“ – ilga, bet neprailgstanti kelionė"Prasidėjo moksleivių odisėja su A. Juzėno „Ekskursante“ Film languages are Lithuanian and Russian. The name of the film refers to an episode when Marija pretends to be a Russian girl strayed from an excursion.
Awards 2014 Silver Crane (Lithuanian Film Awards)Įteikti „Sidabrinės gervės 2014“ apdovanojimai ("Silver Crane 2014" awards presented) Wins: best screenplay (Pranas Morkus), best actress (Anastasija Marčenkaitė), best cameraman () Nominations: best film, best director, best supporting actor (Igor Savochkin), best supporting actress (Raisa Ryazanova) 2014 Nika Awards, Best Film of the CIS and Baltics; tied with Haytarma 2014: Special award at the 44th international children's and youth film festival "Giffoni", Italy
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Film trailer, YouTube