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Iesākumā bija vista (2009)
Directed by Anna Dubrovska
Katya (20) travels from a small town in Russia to Riga to attend a concert by a famous dancer she has dreamt of seeing since she was a child, as she is passionate about dancing herself. When she arrives in the Latvian capital, she is thrown into a whirlwind of troubles and problems: controllers and fines for travelling on an international train without a ticket in the companion's room; language and nationality problems; ending up in an apartment where Katya is harassed by strange men; fortunately, after a failed attempt at rape, the girl manages to escape from the apartment, but Katya's belongings and documents are left behind. Katya is left alone in a strange city with no papers, no money, no friends and no knowledge of the language. In this desperate situation, she is helped by an unusual Latvian young man, Ivars, and a penchant for dancing, which makes this reality less bleak in Katja's eyes and helps her to immerse herself in an idealised fantasy world.
Cast
Kaspars Zvīgulis
Crew
- Director
- Anna Dubrovska
- Writer
- Anna Dubrovska
- Director of Photography
- Aleksandrs Grebņevs
- Editor
- Oļegs Aleksejevs
- Producer
- Dace Siatkovska
Details
- Release date
- 2009-09-01
- Original language
- LV
- Countries
- Latvia
- Production
- Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija, Lats Film