Born in Belarus and spending his teenage years in Ukraine, director Loznitsa has continuously worked with the history of Eastern European countries. This documentary looks back on the challenges, glory, and frustrations of Vytautas Landsbergis, who led the Lithuanian independence movement in the post-Soviet era. It focuses on the period from 1989 to 1991, around the time Landsbergis became Lithuania’s first head of state by winning the 1990 general election and achieved independence from the Soviet Union. This film is an autobiographical retrospective about Landsbergis, who was at the center of power in Lithuania and is now about to turn 90 soon, and presents archival footage from that time. However, what resonates the most from this documentary is that the war provoked by Russia's selfish desire to dominate Eastern European countries continues even now, 30 years later. [Sung MOON]