Archive of films Spoon / Karote
Latvia / Norway / Lithuania
2019, 65 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2019
The plastic spoon was able to feign harmless unimportance until the moment Laila Pakalniņa, a distinctive international documentary filmmaker, cast her piercing glance its way. Her wordless film, whose humor arises from the surprising possibilities cinema has to offer, sings a dirge for this ornament of our bloated civilization: a piece of cheap plastic that will likely soon fade into history.
Synopsis
The ordinary plastic spoon has tried to pull the wool over our eyes. But how long could it feign harmless unimportance? Only until Laila Pakalniņa cast her piercing glance its way. This distinctive Latvian documentarist knows very well how much paradoxical effort people and machines have invested in the manufacture of disposable utensils, and so she can’t hide a heartless smirk. After all, this plastic servant will breathe its last just as its existence finally begins to have meaning. With humor drawn from the surprising possibilities cinema has to offer, this wordless film sings a dirge for an icon of our bloated civilization: a piece of cheap plastic that will likely soon fade into history.
Martin Horyna
About the director
Laila Pakalniņa (b. 1962, Liepāja, Latvia). Selected filmography: The Linen (Veļa, 1991), The Ferry (Prāmis, 1994), The Mail (Pasts, 1995), The Shoe (Kurpe, 1998), The Python (Pitons, 2003), Dream Land (Leiputrija, 2004), Theodor (Teodors, 2006), The Water (Udens, 2006), Pizzas (Picas, 2012), The Chimney (Skurstenis, 2013), Dawn (Ausma, 2015), Spoon (Karote, 2019)
Contacts
Hargla Company
Valtaiku 19, LV 1029, Riga
Latvia
Tel: +371 2923 5618
E-mail: laila.pakalnina@inbox.lv
About the film
Black & white, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Laila Pakalniņa |
Screenplay: | Laila Pakalniņa |
Dir. of Photography: | Gints Berzins |
Music: | Malika Makouf Rasmussen |
Editor: | Silvija Vikaite |
Producer: | Laila Pakalniņa |
Production: | Hargla Company |
Coproduction: | Mechanix Film, Just a Moment |
Contact: | Hargla Company |
Guests

Laila Pakalniņa
Film Director

Gints Berzins
Director of Photography

Anrijs Krenbergs
Sound Designer

Hege Dehli
Producer

Malika Makouf Rasmussen
Music Composer

Jonas Maksvytis
Sound Designer

Dagnė Vildžiūnaite
Producer

Dita Rietuma
Film Institution Rep.

Elīna Cire
Film Institution Rep.