1995 · documentary · latvian · short
The Mail
Directed by Laila Pakalnina20m1995
The morning begins when the mail is delivered - this has been a tradition for almost an eternity. This film looks at daily things, daily movements, daily life and the daily routines of the postman, which are nevertheless meaningful to those who await and receive newspapers and letters.
Our read: The Mail (1995) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive documentary · latvian · short entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, gentle documentary / latvian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- intimate
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