30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes

The Sign Painter (2020) 15

Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania | 2020 | 118 min.

A tragicomic drama of love and loss and the story of a man who, in a short space of time, finds himself gradually in the midst of three totalitarian regimes: the authoritarian state of pre-war Latvia and, during the war, the era of communism and Nazism. The absurd and grotesque situation, Kafkaesque atmosphere, great love for two women, important moral decisions accompany the main hero throughout the cruel and lyrical history of last century's Eastern Europe.

CountryLatvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania
Year2020
Duration118 min
Rating15
LanguageGerman, Latvian, Russian
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Viesturs Kairišs
Screenplay Viesturs Kairišs
Director of Photography Gints Berzins
Music Juste Janulyte
Edited by Armands Zacs
Contact 8Heads Productions

Biography

Latvian film, theatre, and opera director. He graduated from the Latvian Academy of Culture. His feature work includes award-winning films Leaving by the Way (Pa ceļam aizejot, 2001), The Dark Deer (Tumsie briezi, 2006) and The Chronicles of Melanie (Melānijas hronika, 2016).

Festival Laurels, Drama, World of Sports, War

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