2018 · documentary · historical · latvian
Baltic Tribes
Directed by Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele1h 40m2018
DocuDrama about 13th century pre-Christian culture. Danish spy Lars enters the tribal lands of the Baltic peoples, where he takes part in religious rites, cruel forays, gets high during the Summer Solstice, becomes slave to the Couronians and even fights the crusaders. Who were the last pagans of Europe and how did they live? It is a unique trip into the textures of the past and into the unknown lands of the Baltic Tribes.
Our read: Baltic Tribes (2018) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded documentary · historical · latvian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured documentary / historical, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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