Sandra Sila

Фильмы

Jumprava: The Big Happening
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The epic story of one of the most iconic Latvian rock bands – Jumprava [Yumpravah]. The feature film tells the story about how the electronic rock group Jumprava was founded in 1984 and how it evolved throughout the years until 1991. With their songs and their unique style, Jumprava encouraged the “third awakening” in Latvia and inspired young people to dream big on this side of the Iron Curtain.
Accidental Santa
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Bruno is doing time in prison for a bank robbery. On Christmas day he receives a letter from his son, which makes him want to break out of prison immediately. His escape plan and his accomplice are in place, but a “Christmas miracle” turns everything upside down. A search for the escaped prisoner begins. To stay hidden he is suddenly forced to not only dress in a Santa Claus costume, but also spend Christmas Eve with a police officer and his family in their holiday cabin. While Bruno is only thinking about getting away, the police officer’s children only want Santa to help save their family which is on the edge of breaking apart. Will Bruno be able to save this family or will he be captured before getting where he needs to be?
Метель душ
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Шестнадцатилетний Артурс вступает в ряды стрелков и вместе с друзьями сражается за свободу — даже тогда, когда никто не знает, на какой стороне её искать.
Кольцо Намея
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XIII век, эпоха крестовых походов. Папа Римский поручает своему бастарду Максу, известному своей жестокостью, отправиться на север и подчинить свободолюбивых земгалов, отверагющих христианство. Макс отравляет правителя земгалов в надежде, что наследником станет один из его ставленников, но тот на смертном одре отдаёт кольцо королей смекалистому и храброму простолюдину по имени Намей.
Piano Player
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The creative documentary Piano Player is a story about the piano player and musician Oscar Strock, who was a well known tango music composer in 1920s Europe. Nobody knew him – only his music was well known. The life of Strock is like a side-show of everlasting debts, long voyages and wild and unlucky love affairs that find their best interpretation through his tango music. The piano player is a man, who barely arranges his life according to the political and economic circumstances in the world. To earn money, he plays for pubs and cinema theatres in Riga, Berlin and Paris, and for lovers, he writes the most romantic tango music.
Then It's Hi! Hi! Hee!
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The elderly nursing home residents for years feel worthless and troublesome. But then a crazy idea strikes them - to waive their pensions and enroll in the army as volunteers thus saving the country from financial crisis and spending excitingly the last years of their lives. The oldies are wise enough at organizing this event and now real adventures begin.
Threesome Dance
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Four Latvian legionnaires are sentenced to death for deserting the German army. A Latvian girl heads to the German headquarters to try to free her beloved. In the few hours remaining before the execution a love triangle plays out between the girl, a German officer and the prisoner.
The Last Bearslayer
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Latvia is governed by a strange ruler with a pig’s snout who calls himself Mr. Snout. Loath to being filmed himself and to filmmaking in general, he has locked up all positive heroes in an effort to prevent filming from taking place. The few survivors hope for the return of the Latvian folk hero Bear-slayer, who vanished into the river many centuries ago. In these harsh times, Bear-slayer rises from the water again to fight Mr. Snout. This film is a criticism of how the inaction of the Latvian government has brought Latvian filmmaking close to extinction.
Rudolf's Gold
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The dawn of the XX century promised Latvians a prosperous and happy future. The nation’s self-esteem had awakened, and farmers were increasingly able to rise above even the estate stewards. Rudups, old soldier of the Kaiser and, with his wealth and pride, a thorn in the Baron’s side, becomes truly uncontrollable when he’s hit by Cupid’s arrow. The old boy is willing to do anything for simple maid Emily. But the girl loves his godson Karlis. It’s all a mix of riches, of cheating, and the Baron’s lawlessness. The fight of two relatives for Emily’s heart changes the fate of both men and the maid, so she can see sunshine through the tears.
Defenders of Riga
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The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.
Night-watchman and Laundress
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A modern story of love and how dangerous it is to play with the feelings of another.
Ipolits
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A family drama circling around a love triangle - a mother, a daughter and a son-in-law. The plot is focusing on the mother's psychological manipulation with the son to "make a man" of him.
Мистерия старой управы
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Старый чекист был вынужден доживать остатки жизни именно там, где некогда совершал свои преступления - в старой волостной управе, в подвале которой летом 1941 года он пытал и убивал. Старик велел замуровать это помещение, но призраки замученных продолжали являться ему и не давали покоя...
Жернова судьбы
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О нелегком периоде жизни латышского профессора, получившего наследство от американского дядюшки и вложившего деньги в участок земли и мельницу. Будучи смертельно больным, он торопится сделать за остаток жизни как можно больше хорошего, но он сталкивается на своем пути с непреодолимыми препятствиями...
Дитя человеческое
Мальчик, влюбленный в молодую женщину, которая в шутку называет его своим «маленьким женихом» и клянется в вечной верности, воспринимает все всерьез. А у нее есть настоящий жених. за которого она выходит замуж. Из-за этого возникают удивительные, комические, драматические и даже трагические ситуации.
Дитя человеческое
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Мальчик, влюбленный в молодую женщину, которая в шутку называет его своим «маленьким женихом» и клянется в вечной верности, воспринимает все всерьез. А у нее есть настоящий жених. за которого она выходит замуж. Из-за этого возникают удивительные, комические, драматические и даже трагические ситуации.
The Heiress of Werewolves
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Маэстро
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Художественный мир тридцатых годов XX века. Прообразом главного героя стал известный латвийский художник Роман Сута.
Dear Life
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A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons' life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.
Дом без выхода
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Для художника Старо связь с медсестрой Яной, матерью-одиночкой, стала необходимой отдушиной от семьи и ремесла, которое незаметно подменило творчество. Однажды теплым осенним днем герои едут на дачу и становятся пленниками бежавших из тюрьмы преступников. Безнадежно больной главарь беглецов перед смертью пытается доказать своим пленникам, что ради сохранения жизни все люди способны на самые низкие поступки. Однако Старо находит в себе силы противостоять бандиту...