By chance, Louise and Kaspars meet on a trip to celebrate Midsummer’s Eve. She’s running away from annoying neighbours and general sense of pointlessness; he’s running away from a failing marriage. They’re both young, talented, and lost; they both want to become artists; they’re both...
A business executive lays off hundreds of harbor workers after they go on strike. He and his wife plan to escape the stress by taking an Italian vacation. On the evening before the trip, one of the fired workers, dressed in an orange harbor worker safety jacket, slips into their home. Although his...
Trying to make a professional impression, the teacher of the 9th grade Dārta organises a parents' school meeting, but the parents' childish behaviour turns the gathering into a disaster, becoming the biggest challenge of Dārta's career so far. The new teacher prepares for the meeting, while the...
Three sisters, dead broke and disconnected from each other, travel around Europe with their mother’s corpse on top of their van, trying to minimize transportation costs. The trio has to talk, reminisce and maybe even admit that underneath their fantasies of perfection — these are women in a...
In this allegory about paradise lost, Ildze yearns to find peace and fulfilment by moving from the city to the countryside. However, her thoughts are consumed by the illness of her child, her estrangement from her husband and his absence. In the meantime, Ildze’s grief is enveloped by nature’s...
Liv’s estranged alcoholic dad is about to die. The doctors at the hospital make no sense. Her husband is about to have a midlife crisis. Her washing machine is broken. She thinks she’ll be fine, as these are regular adult problems. Spoiler alert: she won’t.
Anete lives next to the Daugava National Stadium, where rehearsals for the National Song and Dance Festival take place all day long, so the melody of "Cūkas driķos" is her constant soundtrack. Her boyfriend accidentally leaves her locked in the flat, "Cūkas driķos" keeps blasing through the...
