Archive of films Leaving by the Way / Pa celam aizejot
Latvia
2001, 90 min
Section:
Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2002
Nine-year-old Dauka’s mother hasn’t been able to tell him that his father is dead and so he still awaits his return. The world of adults is too complicated, and so the boy decides to run away in search of answers to some difficult questions.
Synopsis
Nine-year-old Dauka cannot wait for his dad to return from his sea voyage. But he doesn’t know that his father will never return because his mother is unable to tell him or his little sister that their dad is dead. She herself has not given up hope of her husband’s return but in spite of this her loneliness and hopelessness ever increase. She seeks consolation in the arms of her married neighbour, Viktor, and one day he thoughtlessly tells Dauka the truth. But the disconsolate boy doesn’t believe him and he runs away from home to find out what really happened. How can one survive in a world so horribly complicated by adults? Who will tell him – nature, people, the sea?
About the director
Viesturs Kairišs (b.1971, Riga, Latvia) graduated in film and theatre direction and has spent time working at both: he has already racked up nine plays and two operas to his credit. In 1999 he was awarded Best Latvian Theatre Director, and the year before he gained a name for himself at the EXPO Lisbon 1998 , and his opera production of Eugene Onegin won a music award. Kairišs has been making movies since 1995, at first shorts and documentaries. The half-hour drama The Wedding received various awards, and his latest film, Leaving by the Way, took Best Film at the Latvian National Film Festival.
About the film
Black & white, 35 mm
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
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Director: | Viesturs Kairišs |
Screenplay: | Kaspar Odinš ve spolupráci/with the participation of Viesturs Kairišs |
Dir. of Photography: | Janis Eglitis |
Music: | Arturs Maskats |
Editor: | Juta Brante |
Producer: | Guntis Trekteris |
Production: | Kaupo Filma |
Cast: | Davis Bergs, Elita Klavina, Guna Zarina, Andris Keišs, Janis Paukštello, Eriks Vilsons, Baiba Broka, Vigo Roga, Liga Čiževska, Eriks Vilsons, Kristine Neverauska |