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CAPITALISM AT CROSSROAD STREET

The peculiar inhabitants of the tiny Crossroad Street in Riga always end up in the most unexpected situations that only life could invent. This film follows their everyday lives, their joys and woes, in the times of global economic recession. The small community becomes a mirror of the society.

Documentarians Ivars Seleckis and Talivaldis Margevics return to the tiny suburban Crossroad Street where they made their famous films The Crossroad Street (1988) and New Times at Crossroad Street (1999). This film follows the joys and woes of street’s small community of peculiar inhabitants – among them gravestone merchant and preacher Aldis, determined single mother Daiga, her wealthy brother Uldis, some street kids, an older couple in love — in the times of global economic recession. Moving and entertaining portrait of common people in trying times, the film can be watched as a part of the documentary cycle or independently.

Director: Ivars Seleckis
Scriptwriter: Tālivaldis Margēvičs
Cinematographers: Romualds Pipars, Ivars Seleckis
Producer: Baiba Urbāne
Studio: European Documentary Film Symposiums
2013
102 min., 16:9, LAT, RUS, ENG subtitles