Gaismas pils

It's 1985, and Latvia is still under the Soviet occupation. Haralds Mednis, acclaimed Latvian choral conductor, is expelled from participating at the National Song and Dance festival, and a symbolic Latvian song "Gaismas pils" ("Castle of Light") is excluded from the programme of the festival. However, the choirs and the public shout out Haralds Mednis's name and try to get him to conduct "Gaismas pils", in spite of the censors. This film is an attempt to imagine what the people working for the state apparatus tasked with oppressing any rebellious actuons might have felt at that moment back in 1985.

Country:

Latvia

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

17 minutes

Year:

2023

Director:

Edgars Kaupers

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Company:

LMT,

fon Films

Cast:
Toms Treibergs

Ieva Puķe

Marģers Majors

Crew:
Edgars Kaupers

Director

Edgars Kaupers

Writer

Maksis Gauja

Writer

Dāvids Smiltiņš

Director of Photography

Eva Kaupere

Producer