The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. Read More »
Tag Archives: Latvia
Kolka Cool (2011) Juris Poskus, Aigars Apinis, Agnese Civle, Gatis Gaga
A film that depicts the mentality of the inhabitants of a small village on the Baltic coast. Read More »
My Love Affair with Marriage (2022) Signe Baumane, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Matthew Modine
From an early age, songs and fairy tales convince Zelma that Love would solve Read More »
The Sign Painter (2020) Viesturs Kairiss, Davis Suharevskis, Brigita Cmuntová, Agnese Budovska
The Sign Painter is a Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears Read More »
A Certain Kind of Silence (2019) Michal Hogenauer, Eliska Krenková, Jacob Jutte, Monic Hendrickx
A young au pair meets a radical family community while working abroad Read More »
The Mystery of Old Parish House AKA Vecas pagastmajas misterija (2000) Janis Streics, Gundars Abolins, Aurelija Anuzhite, Andris Berzins
Based on a true story. An old KGB agent is forced to live in an old parish house, where he tortured and killed Latvians in 1941. Read More »
There Were Seven Simeons (1989) Vladimir Eisner, Herz Frank
One family, one band. They seemed to be happy. A movie that investigates why these seemingly optimistic musicians Read More »
People Out There (2012) Aik Karapetian, Ilya Scherbakov, Agnese Frisfelde, Andris Gross, Crime, Drama
Jan, a guy in his twenties, and his friend Cracker, are involved in several crimes in their neglected suburb of the city. Read More »
Serzanta Lapina atgriesanas / Return of Sergeant Lapins (2010) Gatis Smits, Baiba Broka, Vilis Daudzins, Gatis Gaga, Comedy, Drama
The film is set in Riga, where sergeant Krists Lapins returns from an international mission and moves into a remote flat in the city’s suburb. Read More »
Amaya / Hong Kong Confidential (2010) Maris Martinsons, Kaori Momoi, Andrius Mamontovas, Dan Lau, Comedy, Drama, Romance
One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman Read More »