Nearby (2019)
By chance, Louise and Kaspars meet on a trip to celebrate Midsummer’s Eve. She’s running away from annoying neighbours and general sense of pointlessness; he’s running away from a failing marriage. They’re both young, talented, and lost; they both want to become artists; they’re both unsure how to go on about their lives. Maybe that’s why their shared trip turns into a strange, sometimes funny and sometimes complicated journey through a relationship over the course of three years.
Director: Alise Zariņa
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Anta Aizupe as Luīze |
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Āris Matesovičs as Kaspars |
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Uldis Sniķers as Sandris |
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Jānis Sniķers as Andris |
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Gatis Maliks as Gatis |
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Ivars Krasts as Jānis |
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Girts Jakovlevs as Uldis |
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Vizma Kalme as Mirdza |
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Aiva Birbele as |
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Jana Herbsta as Līga |
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Marta Grigale as Vita |
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Armands Ikalis as Kārlis |
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Henrijs Arājs as Robis |
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Gerda Embure as |
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Amēlija Āboltiņa as Annika |
| Production | Alise Rogule | Producer |
| Production | Helēna Zakare | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jūlija Volkinšteine | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Pēteris Pāss | Sound Director |
| Sound | Kārlis Butins | Sound Director |
| Editing | Julie Vinten | Editor |
| Art | Dace Sloka | Production Design |
| Writing | Alise Zariņa | Writer |
| Directing | Alise Zariņa | Director |
| Camera | Jānis Andrējevs | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Marta Elīna Martinsone | Writer |