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RUCH AND NORIE

Documentary “Ruch and Norie” is a human interest story about two contrasting people striking up a surprising, emotional and spiritual relationship . Japanese student Norie Tsuruta travels to Latvia to study Suiti community. There she meets one of the oldest Suiti women nicknamed Ruch, and develops a very personal bond with her. It doesn’t break even when she’s back in Japan. Norie wishes she had two bodies to be in both places at the same time. An invisible and inexplicable link connects her with Ruch. Norie thinks she has found her deceased grandma in Ruch while Ruch worries about Norie being “far out there” and trembles at every earthquake in Japan. Ruch and Norie prove us all there are no borders to a genuine human relationship filled with humour and love.
In 2015 this film won the Best feature-length documentary category award.

Scriwriter and Director: Ināra Kolmane
Cinematographer: Andrejs Verhoustinskis
Music: Mārtiņš Miļevskis, Rihards Kolmanis
Music recording director and producer: Pēteris Pāss
Sound: Ilvars Veģis, Jānis Juhņēvičs
Editor: Līga Pipare
Executive Producer: Marta Romanova – Jēkabsone
Producers: Jānis Juhņēvičs, Ināra Kolmane, Marta Mannenbach

A musical piece “Spring.The first thunder” from the album “Yearbook of pagans” by Uģis Prauliņš has been used in the film.