8.0

0 hr 55 min

2021-09-23

3

A story about Emīlija Benjamiņa, the “queen of the press” in interwar Latvia, whose wealth and tragic fate have since become folklore. The film’s narrative covers the period from the beginnings of Emīlija’s magazine Atpūta (Recreation), to her arrest and slow demise in a train en route to Siberia. The most prominent clairvoyant of the time - Eugene Fink’s prophecy that Emīlija would die from starvation in a foreign land (which served to be true) weaves through the narrative as a red thread. With this strong woman at the centre of the story, the film shows Latvian society in all its richness and gives the audience the opportunity to meet many well-known historical figures.

Drama

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Characters

Guna Zariņa

Guna Zariņa

Emīlija Benjamiņa

Juris Bartkevičs

Juris Bartkevičs

Antons Benjamiņš

Raimonds Celms

Raimonds Celms

Jānis Benjamiņš

Baiba Broka

Baiba Broka

Berta Āboliņa

Lauris Dzelzītis

Lauris Dzelzītis

Jānis Kārkliņš

Uldis Anže

Uldis Anže

Kārlis Skalbe

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