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The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia. Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Alexander, and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Alexander, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.Read moreLess
The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia. Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Alexander, and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Alexander, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.
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The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia. Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Alexander, and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Alexander, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Sabine TimoteoMelanie
Ivars KrastsAleksandrs
Guna ZariņaKatrina
Maija DoveikaVilma
Erwin LederJakob
Baiba BrokaAnna
Astrīda KairišaMelanie's mother
Lilita OzoliņaDeported woman
Viktor NemetsAmpalovs
Edvīns MekšsAndrejsExplore the crew
- Editor
- Jussi Rautaniemi
- Director
- Viestur Kairish
- Writer
- Viestur Kairish
- Director of Photography
- Gints Bērziņš
- Producer
- Inese Boka-Grūbe
- Producer
- Gints Grūbe
- Original Music Composer
- Arturs Maskats