"One of the the biggest ambitions of the film was to portray so many historical events without turning it into a formal kaleidoscope. A chain of events shifts the genre from a nice provincial drama to epic magical realism." (Viestur Kairish)
THE SIGN PAINTER
© AZeltina
In both pre-war and post-war Latvia regimes come and go. Painter Ainsis paints the signs for the powers that be, with the colours varying from green to red to brown. His heart belongs to the daughter of a local Jewish pharmacist, and yet this young love finds itself ground down by interpersonal mistrust, political violence and state terror. A tragicomic small town saga on the power shifts and crimes of the Second World War, as well as yearning and opportunism.
Credits
original title THE SIGN PAINTER
international title THE SIGN PAINTER
german title THE SIGN PAINTER
JFBB section Feature Film Competition
country/countries LV, CZ, LT
year 2020
duration 117 Min
screenplay Viestur Kairish
director of photography Gints Bērziņš LGC
sound Ludvík K. Bohadlo, Robert Slezák
music Justė Janulytė
editing Armands Začs
producer Guntis Trekteris
production company EGO MEDIA
actor/s Dāvis Suharevskis, Agnese Zeltiņa, Brigita Cmuntova, Aidas Jurgaitis, Gundars Āboliņš, Juozas Budraitis, Steffen Munster, Ingrid Isotamm, Māris Susējs, Guntis Peļņa
contact
Sasha Wieser
sasha@eastwest-distribution.com
guntis@egomedia.lv
tel.: +371 29219373