The National Touch

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”.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 15, 2014

Original language

Latvian

Spoken languages

latvian

Countries

Latvia

Production

VFS Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded