Archive of films Linen / Veļa

Latvia
1991, 11 min

Section: Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary
Year: 2018

The first part of a trilogy, the film follows a delivery van driver who brings linen to a children’s hospital. As a backdrop to the deliveries, the movie presents small details of the hospital’s daily routine that are filled with emotional power. The film introduces a style Pakalniņa would continue in her later work.


Synopsis

The Linen is director Laila Pakalniņa’s graduation film from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. It follows a delivery van driver who brings linen to a children’s hospital. As a backdrop to the deliveries, the film presents small details of the hospital’s daily routine that are filled with emotional power. The film introduces a style Pakalniņa would continue in her later work – meticulous frame composition, attention to visual detail, and carefully constructed sound design. The film became the first part of a trilogy completed by The Ferry and The Mail.

Zane Balčus

About the director

Laila Pakalniņa

Laila Pakalniņa (b. 1962, Liepāja, Latvia, USSR). Selected filmography: The Linen (Veļa, 1991), The Ferry (Prāmis, 1994), The Mail (Pasts, 1995), The Shoe (Kurpe, 1998), The Python (Pitons, 2003), Dreamland (Leiputrija, 2004), Theodore (Teodors, 2006), Dawn (Ausma, 2015)

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About the film

Black & white, 35 mm

Section: Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary
   
Director: Laila Pakalniņa
Screenplay: Laila Pakalniņa
Dir. of Photography: Gints Bērziņš
Production: Riga Film Studio
Sales: National Film Centre of Latvia

Guests

Dita Rietuma

Film Institution Rep.

Laila Pakalniņa

Film Director


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