Engaging, yet tantalizingly withholding, the contemporary drama “Drowning Dry” offers a nonlinear portrait of two sisters, their marriages and children while depicting a family tragedy during a summer holiday. As it unfolds in a kaleidoscopic manner, the narrative snaps into sharpest focus just as the film ends. It’s the sophomore feature of Lithuanian multi-hyphenate Laurynas Bareiša, who claimed the 2021 Venice Horizons prize for his feature debut “Pilgrims,” which boasts similarly fragmented storytelling.
Here serving as his own DP, Bareiša employs a spare, closely observed shooting style that favors fixed-angle long takes in which the characters bustle in and out of the frame, as well as shots with mirrors
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