My Family Tree (2013)
A unique, engaging film that combines documentary footage with narrative cinema to tell the story of four generations of a Latvian family. Sixteen year-old student Jānis has been given an interesting homework assignment – to draw his family tree and explain it. The story of his family begins with his great-great-grandfather who burned down the manors of German landowners during the 1905 revolution. My Family Tree takes us on a journey to various countries and political regimes, showing Jānis’ ancestors to be people of diverse fates and life stories. A rich Latvian trader, a red rifleman loyal to Lenin, a carpenter with the KGB and war refugees in Sweden are only a few branches on his family tree, and the boy has heard something unusual and unforgettable about each and every one of these people.
Director:
Una Celma
Writer:
Una Celma
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Harijs Spanovskis as |
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Andris Berzins as |
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Inita Dzelme as |
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Artūrs Dīcis as |
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Edgars Petkevičs as |
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Juris Circenis as |
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Guna Zariņa as |
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Kristaps Rasims as |
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Aldis Siliņš as |
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Ilze Akmentiņa as |
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Jevgēnijs Isajevs as |
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Marija Bērziņa as |
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Gints Grāvelis as |
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Ērika Eglija-Grāvele as |
| Camera | Uldis Jancis | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Matīss Kaža | Writer |
| Editing | Oļegs Aleksejevs | Editor |
| Directing | Una Celma | Director |
| Writing | Una Celma | Screenplay |
| Production | Una Celma | Producer |
| Camera | Aleksandrs Grebņevs | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jevgēnijs Kobzevs | Sound Director |
