The Lithuanian city of Visaginas – designed and shaped like the wings of a butterfly – was intended to be a window of Soviet progress to the West. Created in the 1970s to service a powerful nuclear power station, the town became a home for people from all over the USSR, with Russian as its main language. EU membership, however, meant Lithuania had to close the plant, the city’s main industry. At a time of growing geo-political tension in the region, and in an ambiance of mutual mistrust, what will the future bring for the people of Butterfly City?
Baltic Short Film Competition programme „New Baltic Cinema“
Butterfly City
1 hr. 35 min. | Documentary | Pegi 13
- Languages
- Russian, Lithuanian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Original title
- Drugelio miestas
- Produced
- 2017: Lithuania, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark
