Harijs Spanovskis
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.
Homepage | http://www.facebook.com/ManaKokaStasts |
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Release Date | 2013-09-27 |
Runtime | 1h 14m |
Directors | Uldis Jancis, Una Celma, Aleksandrs Grebņevs, Jevgēnijs Kobzevs |
Producer | Una Celma |
Writers | Matīss Kaža, Una Celma |