SVEŠAIS (1989)

Not Rated
Svešais
Drama, TV Movie
April 14, 1989
Latvian
1h 6m
Soviet Union
Rīgas kinostudija
In the center of a small town there is a liquor store, every day a long line of people rubs impatiently by it. Thirteen-year-old Zigis sees his father here more and more often. The faces of many alcoholics have already been stamped by degradation, there is indifference in their eyes, they have lost interest in life. The boy realizes that such a terrible future also awaits the person closest to him. Not expecting to get help from anyone, Zigis decides on an unusual step: he goes to Marta, a popular healer, to save his father. On the way, the boy meets different people and experiences different attitudes towards himself, gets to know the contradictions of life.
Cast & Characters
Crew
Lūcija Ločmele
Director
Māris Putniņš
Writer
Alvis Lapins
Writer
Raimonds Ritums
Director of Photography
Viktors Riepša
Producer
Jānis Grunte
Producer