
EXILED
DVD, Latvia, Latvijas Filma, Selection, Dāvis Sīmanis, drama, Latvijas Filma, fictionThe final year of Word War I. A German army surgeon Ulrich is sent to inspect a remote convalescent home for shell-shocked patients. In the strange world he encounters reality appears as dreamlike vision and becomes too challenging for his cold rational mind. His futile efforts to repair this forsaken place, his unexpected attachment to a mysterious savage boy found in woods lead Ulrich to discover his long lost sense of one’s humanity. Very soon this safe haven will make its last stand against the approaching madness of the war
Davis Simanis is well-known film director and theoretician of his generation. He is associate professor at the Academy of Culture of Latvia and adjunct professor at the Aalto University in Finland. He has directed a number of internationally acclaimed documentary films, “Exiled” is his debut in fiction that tells a story about a war, violence, fear of unknown and reminds us how important to remain human in any circumstances.
Cast: Ulrich Matthes, Agnese Cirule, Dmitrijs Jaldovs, Leonids Lencs, Toms Liepajnieks, Marina Janaus, Peteris Liepins
BONUS: Making-of epizodes that includes an interwiev with Ulrich Matthes.
Director: DĀVIS SĪMANIS
Script: TABITA RUDZĀTE, DĀVIS SĪMANIS
Cinematographer: ANDREJS RUDZĀTS
Set Designer: KRISTĪNE JURJĀNE
Editing Director: DANIELIUS KOKANAUSKIS
Music: ANDRIS DZENĪTIS
Sound Director: SAULIUS URBANAVIČIUS
Producer: ROBERTS VINOVSKIS
Co-producer: ULJANA KIM
Locomotive Productions, Studio Uljana Kim 2016
Genre: Drama
Language: LAT, RUS, GER
Subttles: LAT, RUS, ENG, LIT, FRA
Lenght: 1h 40 min
Format: 2.39:1 colour, PAL wide letterbox
Audio: Dolby 5.1
Region: PAL (All)