The true story about Latvian poet Austra Skujiņa, who spends her days dreaming and writing poems while working in the Ministry of Agriculture. Her accidental late night meeting with a policeman in a park triggers a series of unexpected events. The young poet is forced to face a choice between giving in to the policeman’s blackmail or informing on him to his superior. During these events Austra Skujiņa writes her last published poem.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 25 min.
- Country, year
- Latvia, 2011
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Latvian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Madara Dišlere
- Screenplay
- Madara Dišlere
- Producers
- Aija Bērziņa
- Cinematography
- Janis Reinfelds
- Music
- Ieva Pasa
- Cast
- Inga Silina, Girts Liuziniks, Girts Lukevics
Director
Madara Dišlere
Madara Dišlere was born in 1980 in Riga. After walking through different kind of studies and finding her place in Latvian film-making business (working as 1st AD), she joined the film directing studies in the Latvian Academy of Culture in 2008 and received her bachelor degree in 2012. Now Madara is working on post-production of her BA movie Grey Pines – Broken by Wind.
