2009 · drama · latvian
Dancis pa trim
Directed by Arvīds Krievs1h 50m2009
Four Latvian legionnaires are sentenced to death for deserting the German army. A Latvian girl heads to the German headquarters to try to free her beloved. In the few hours remaining before the execution a love triangle plays out between the girl, a German officer and the prisoner.
Our read: Dancis pa trim (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · latvian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / latvian, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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