Drowning Dry

Name: Drowning Dry
Genre: Drama
Released: July 18, 2025
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 80

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Dekanalog | Release Date: July 18, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: It starts with a kick to the head. Mixed martial arts competitor Lukas (Paulius Markevičius) has just handily defeated his opponent and celebrates with his wife, child, and friends backstage, setting the scene for a nimble combination of communal bonding and looming horrors.

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jul 18, 2025

Drowning Dry holds you at arm’s length, but I found it more moving—and unsettling—because of that. Read full review

Bobby LePire

Jun 24, 2025

The cast is excellent, and the story structure is so unique that it is refreshing. Bareisa has taken the family drama formula and reworked it entirely into something heartfelt, heartbreaking, and utterly absorbing. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Jul 18, 2025

With a Michael Haneke-esque impassive glaze and a Ruben Östlund-level satire of manners and emotional stuntedness in adults, the film acquires a quiet power as it plays out all possible permutations of a swimming accident that may or may not have ruined the lives of at least two families. Read full review

Alissa Simon

Nov 14, 2024

Audiences open to a different sort of world cinema that repays careful attention should find it a stimulating and imaginative work. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Aug 28, 2024

Part of the appeal of Lithuanian director Laurynas Bareisa’s subtly powerful second feature, Drowning Dry (Seses), is that you never know if what you’re watching is taking place in the present, past or future. Read full review

Marshall Shaffer

Apr 1, 2025

Drowning Dry offers something akin to a cinematic concussion as it begins warping the experience of time. Read full review

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