CinemaOSMovie · 2014 · 0h 26m

The Last Day of School

Documentary

After receiving an edict from the municipal authorities about the closing of their school, the students at Mežvidi primary school continue to attend lessons and exercise creativity and fun, but it’s all clouded in a sense of fatality. They aren’t many students, and because of that the school resembles a large family rather than an institution. Near the Russian border, deep in the Latgale region, this place will become a nowhere-land once the youth depart. In an intimate message about a national problem, the story focuses on three sisters for whom life is about to drastically change. Through their daily lives and small adventures we try to understand the real meaning of the contention that “the countryside is dying”. And we see hope.

Directed byAlise Zariņa

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 26m
Language
LV
Released
November 5, 2014
Studios
Ego Media

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Directed by
Alise Zariņa
Alise Zariņa
Written by
Alise Zariņa
Alise Zariņa
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Guntis Trekteris
Guntis Trekteris

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