Having shrunk throughout the years, it lacks two pupils to satisfy the governmental quota established for any school in the country to exist.
Anticipating the arrival of the delegation, the principal makes his best to mask the lack of pupils and avoid the unavoidable school closure.
[1] The Noisemaker is the debut short film of Karolis Kaupinis and his first collaboration with Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutė (M-Films).
[2] Both of the director's parents were schoolteachers, leading him to make a short film about the closure of schools in rural areas, a common phenomenon in Lithuania since the 1990s.
[3] The short was filmed in an elementary school in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.