During the Soviet time the film “Four White Shirts” was known under the different, imposed by censorship, title “Breathe deeply …” It is a movie – phenomenon, because despite the fact that under the Soviets it was shelved and reached wider audience only twenty years after its completion >..
The legendary “The Child of Man” is a clear and bright movie about a boy’s childhood in countryside around the 1930-ties. A boy Bonifācijs Paulāns, nicknamed by his family Boņuks, has his own joys >..
In the 1920s, a resourceful man Edgars Ceplis establishes a joint-stock company that produces Latvian clay bricks for export. Number of people get involved in his venture, expecting the major profit promised by Mr. Ceplis, soon though >..
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10 animation shorts, 91 min
Hare’s big day Little lazy bunny is shocked by a sudden spring morning hustle and bustle at his home. He`s not only being disturbed from his sleep, but also involved in various unprecedented tasks >..
This film is about a small world found in the heart of Riga, and right in the middle of the Daugava River – Zaķusala (Rabbit Island) – a place that has preserved an ambience of another century. Janka lives on Zaķusala >..
It is Riga of the 1930ies. The educated but unemployed Olģerts Kurmis – literate in English, French and Latin – supports himself by doing odd jobs for the wealthy Mr. Kalnkāja, who hopes to be elected to Parliament. >..
12-year-old Raimonds tries to cover up a bad note at school and starts a spiral of lies, which spins out of control. He has to venture into Riga’s thrilling night-life to save his saxophone, his friendship and his face in front of his >..
This film is included in the Latvian Cultural Canon.
Seemingly simple and unpretentious, this is a truly impressive film, recipient of the European Film Academy’s prize. The quiet little street with its residents and their lives is like a raindrop that reflects the universe. >..
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Rūdolfs, a city physician, spends his summer in the countryside, which is where he meets Laura – a teacher and mother of two, and whose husband is in prison. Rūdolfs saves the life of Laura’s daughter, Zaiga, makes friends >..
When Jānis Striečs film “A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer’s Eve” came out at the end of 1981, no one had any idea that several decades later it would still be so relevant, even acquiring new generations of fans and becoming eminently quotable! >..
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In terms of social resonance, Vilis Lapenieks’ film The Fisherman’s Son has no equal. The film adaptation of Vilis Lācis’ popular novel was a national blockbuster and created such excitement that at its premiere on 2 January, 1940, the public at the Splendid Palace broke down the theatre’s doors. >..
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One of the first films, made during the Soviet times, which talks honestly about the complicated history of the Latvian people. During World War I, inspired by the idea of a free and independent Latvia, about 60, 000 men volunteered for the battalions of riflemen. >..
The film is a testimony to the fight for political self-determination by the people of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia during 50 years of Soviet occupation. It combines the traditional Song Festival in these republics with personal stories describing the fate of people in the Baltic countries. >..
