Archive of films People Out There / Ljudi tam

Latvia
2012, 90 min

Section: East of the West - Competition
Year: 2012

The protagonist of this raw Latvian drama is twenty-something Jan, who lives in a dreary housing complex on the outskirts of town. He and his best friend Cracker just hang out smoking weed, occasionally making a little cash on the side through petty theft. Then Jan’s mundane life gets thrown for a loop when he meets the beautiful Sabina. The desire for love and a better life pulls him from his resignation and goads him to fight against the hopelessness of his situation.


Synopsis

Jan is a young man of about 20 who lives with his grandfather in a dreary housing complex on the outskirts of town. He and his best friend Cracker just hang out smoking weed, occasionally making a little cash on the side through petty theft. But then one evening Jan meets and becomes enchanted by the beautiful, high-class Sabina, and his mundane life gets thrown for a loop. He takes a liking to the lifestyle of the golden, pampered kids he meets, and he longs to penetrate society’s upper echelons. The desire for love and a better life pulls him from his resignation and goads him to fight against the hopelessness of his situation. Latvian director and screenwriter Aik Karapetian’s raw debut drama contemplates the notion that environment determines a person’s character. The filmmaker asks whether a person can break free of this environment and, if so, at what cost. Thanks to the dynamic editing and the use of hand-held camera, the filmmakers succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of the "prefab jungle” where, in the end, there is no one else to rely on but yourself.

About the director

Aik Karapetian

Aik Karapetian (b. 1983, Gyumri, Armenia) grew up and went to school in Latvia. He graduated in direction from the Latvian Academy of Culture, subsequently taking a degree from the Académie Internationale des Arts ESEC in Paris. He has worked on a number of short movies as a director and screenwriter, and presented them at numerous film festivals. His short film Disgust (Riebums, 2007) was judged the best student work at the 2007 Lielais Kristaps Latvian film festival. In 2011 he directed a production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville for the Latvian National Opera, which took the award for best performance of the season. Karapetian is also sought after for his skills directing commercials. People Out There is his feature film debut.

Contacts

Locomotive Productions
Bruninieku 28-57, LV 1011, Riga
Latvia
Tel: +371 292 986 67
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.locomotive.lv

About the film

Color, DCP
International premiere

Section: East of the West - Competition
   
Director: Aik Karapetian
Screenplay: Aik Karapetian
Dir. of Photography: Jānis Eglītis
Music: Elviss Zants, Kristaps Krievs
Editor: Tambet Tasuja
Producer: Roberts Vinovskis
Production: Locomotive Productions
Cast: Ilya Shcherbakov, Semyon Serzin, Mikhail Razumovsky, Eduard Murashov, Viktoria Kondratenko
Contact: Locomotive Productions
   
www: www.peopleoutthere-thefilm.com

Guests

Zanda Dudina

Film Institution Rep.

Aik Karapetian

Film Director


Roberts Vinovskis

Producer

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