The National Touch

2014 52 min

Overview

After the fall of the Soviet Union large numbers of immigrants from the East stayed in Latvia for good, Latvians simply call them “Russians”. Over 20 years of independence later mutual suspicion and bias are still there in the most part of the local community. Therefore, a Latvian director involves an independent Russian speaking Norwegian colleague in helping him understand Latvian “Russians” and coming up with an integration plan. But soon enough it becomes clear that only Latvians themselves can manage the challenge. And so begins director’s journey away from the division “us / them”.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Latvia

Spoken Languages

Latvian lv

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Cast

Crew

Ivo Briedis

Director

Uldis Cekulis

Producer

Ivo Briedis

Writer

Morten Traavik

Writer

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