The Saint (Lithuanian: à  ventasis) is a Lithuanian film written and directed by Andrius Blaà ¾eviÃÂius and released in 2016.
It is a social drama exploring themes of social pressure, vulnerability, masculinism, the role of religion in our society, and the fragility of post-Soviet countries in the late 2010s.
Lithuanian provincial town is facing Great Recession in 2008. Vytas, portrayed by Marius Repà ¡ys, gets fired from his job at a factory. Pushed by his wife, he immediately starts looking for a new job, but not successfully. After having his haircut done, Vytas starts looking for a new love affair with a hairdresser Marija, played by GelminàGlemà ¾aitÃÂ. This is not successful either. Finally, Vytas gets involved in a third search â he starts looking for a guy who posted a video on YouTube, claiming he saw Jesus Christ in their town. This is the only time he succeeds.
This is the first feature film of Andrius Blaà ¾eviÃÂius. After producing his graduation short film Ten reasons (2011), Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutà(M-Films) signed a second collaboration with the director for his first feature film The Saint, originally titled Crisis.
The film had one of the best openings at the Lithuanian box office in 2017. It remained in the number one spot for its second week in Lithuania and exceeded 66,000 admissions in its first week of release, accounting for nearly a quarter of all entries for the week.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It garnered over 70% positive reviews, with an average score of 3.4/5 based on 154 collected reviews on the website Letterboxd.