Jānis Jarāns

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Ernests (70) and Alvine (64), two married postal workers, have developed a scheme to win a trip to Rome, but Alvine's rapidly progressing Alzheimer's disease complicates their plan.

A surreal drama about the Painter, who tries his best to get into the Vienna Academy of Arts. The process of application is not easy, as he shares his living space with the crazy Postman, who delivers him a daily dose of derogatory letters.

Cheerful, yet obedient Mareks is preparing to celebrate his bachelor party, which is not very pleasing to his dominating fiancée Ilze - in her opinion, everything must be perfect and tasteful. However, the event planned by Mareks and his friend Koļa turns out to be a complete disaster, resulting in Ilze breaking up with Mareks and calling off the wedding. Nevertheless, Mareks does not give up and, together with Koļa and the accidentally met Tīna, goes on a journey full of crazy situations to win back his bride.

An ancient Latvian folk tale is the basis for this colorful animated feature in the tradition of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. A vengeful sorceress casts a kingdom’s princess into a deep sleep at the top of an icy mountain, where she awaits release from the spell that will destroy the land. Of all the men vying for the honor, the shy outcast son of a family of thugs is the most unlikely. Director Kalnaellis brings a playful sense of humor to the characterizations and adds zippy contemporary elements including a chorus of wisecracking crows. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Three unrelated sci-fi stories that depict people’s search for happiness.

When a chicken is kidnapped by two thieves, a lively adventure full of humor and with a surprising twist begin.

It is year 1994. Spring. In Jelgava – a small town in Latvia. Jānis (14) – behaves well at school, shows interest in all subjects, and studies well. His mother loves him very much. There are exactly two things happening in one day, which change his life completely. One – a new girl, Kristīne (15), comes to his class and attracts everybody’s attention immediately. And second– Kurt Cobain commits suicide. Until this moment Jānis does not know anything neither about Nirvana, nor about Cobain. But very soon he finds out.

On the eve of their 20th wedding anniversary, a wife finds out her husband has a lover who wants to buy him from her. The wife agrees.

Young Juris is being raised by his mother alone in a rural village. She is in love with Jānis, a collective farm driver, and the two plan to get married. As the wedding approaches, Juris prepares a special secret gift for them—a “sun candle” plant he is growing in a forest clearing.

Latvian friends are helping to Estonian rock group to participate in the music competition.

Cleo is a once promising actress in her 30s with a career in theatre that’s going nowhere and a boyfriend who still harbours the dream of becoming a famous rockstar. She spends her days in a bohemian haze of booze and ennui, until she meets a legendary theatre director who is on the lookout for a new muse. He offers Cleo the biggest role of her career - The Bride in Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Blood wedding”. Cleo tries to turn her life around, but her co-dependent boyfriend starts to slip back into his old, self-destructive ways, and the director wants from the actress more than just her talent.