D IS FOR DIVISION
2018
Documentary
87'
Synopsis
On an archival black and white photograph, a Latvian woman – Hermine Purina, the first victim of the Soviet invasion of Latvia in 1940 – is trying to save her son Voldemärs by covering him with her own body. This photograph became an inspiration for contemplating over film’s boundaries – geographical as well as metaphorical. Russians and Latvians sense the import of historical realities, captured by the photograph, in completely different ways. One side associates it with the liberation and the beginning of the victorious war, for the other it means the loss of freedom and the presence of invaders. One side celebrates, while the other grieves. An explosive testament about the tension on the eastern borders of the EU.
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Crew
Dāvis Sīmanis
Writter & Director
Aigars Sērmukšs
Director of Photography
Dāvis Sīmanis
Cameramen
Andrejs Rudzāts
Cameramen
Mārtiņš Jurēvics
Cameramen
Uldis Jancis
Cameramen
Pēteris Tidriķis
Cameramen
Petr Salaba
Cameramen
Anna Ryunova
Editor
Michal Rataj
Composer
Vaclav Flegl
Sound Designer
Radim Prochazka
Producer
Guntis Trekteris
Producer
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