2003 · drama · latvian
The Python
Directed by Laila Pakalnina1h 28m2003
An absurdist farce centering around a school in post-Soviet Latvia. After a rather disgusting prank (someone defecates in the school attic), the tyrannical headmistress deems that no one can leave until the culprit is caught. When the photographer's pet python escapes, havok breaks loose.
Our read: The Python (2003) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · latvian entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / latvian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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