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199620 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Flying Over the Blue Fields

199620 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A man balances on the limit between death and life while flying a home-made plane in an infinite sky.

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A man balances on the limit between death and life while flying a home-made plane in an infinite sky.

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Audrius Stonys

Audrius Stonysdirector

Audrius Stonys

Audrius Stonyswriter

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A man sits alone in a homemade plane. He flies above an endless sky, grappling with isolation. Audrius Stonys directed "Flying Over the Blue Fields," released in 1996. The film runs for 20 minutes. It presents themes of solitude and the delicate balance between life and death. Through its imagery, it contemplates the human condition in vast, open space.

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