Juris Pļaviņš

Juris Pļaviņš

Birth : , Latvia

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Juris Pļaviņš

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Nocturne of Chopin
Groom's Father
A young pianist and a countryside girl fall in love in a village on a Baltic sea shore just days before the beginning of WWII.
Double Trap
A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang.
Fronte tēva pagalmā
The Weather in August
A coming-of-age drama about a thirteen-year old boy Ilmārs, who suddenly gets entangled in his parents' relationship crisis as well as experiences his own first romantic feelings, too.
Long Road in the Dunes
Love and betrayal in a small fishing village in Latvia from 1930s until the Soviet time. Time before WW2, during WW2, punishment in Siberia, Soviet Union, returning home, and above all that - undying love, that still survives no matter what. And, on top of that, Marta and Arthur share their love...
Gaidiet
Krasiļņikovs
Gifts over the Phone
After the train conductor Pētersons receives money transfer from an unknown source, he suspects foul play involving the cargo he's transporting. He decides to do his own investigation into the matter, not realizing that he's putting himself and those around him in danger.
To Be Unwanted
Bomis
Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.
In the Shadow of a Sword
Vālodzīte
Artur
Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds
Arvids Balodis
A detective and a militia captain are working together investigating a murder. When their job is done, the feelings do not let them say goodbye.
Egle rudzu laukā
In the Shadow of Death
Gourloum
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
Boys from Liv Island
A group of young Latvian boys enroll to a pioneers movement during the first years after WWII.
When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window
Fredis
The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasars, who has been tasked to spark a coup in Latvia, arrives by night from across the sea, but his work is hampered at every step. His last hope is a meeting with the partisans in a church...
Noktirne
Leingrēns
Akmens un šķembas
During World War II three best friends are mobilized into the Waffen-SS Latvian Legion. Years later their fates continue to intertwine, as memories of war loom in back of their minds.