1987 · documentary · latvian
The Last Judgment
Directed by René Chanas1h 45m1987
In Central Europe, resistance to the Germans in growing. But the partisan leader is denounced and killed. His daughter and the son of the traitor love each other. Condemned by his comrades, the informer commits suicide in front of the young couple.
Our read: The Last Judgment (1987) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded documentary · latvian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured documentary / latvian, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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