My Family Tree
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
74 min
Release Date
2013-09-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Latvian
Vote Count
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Vote Average
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Harijs Spanovskis
Andris Berzins
Inita Dzelme
Artūrs Dīcis
Edgars Petkevičs
Juris Circenis
Guna Zariņa
Kristaps Rasims
Aldis Siliņš
Ilze Akmentiņa
Jevgēnijs Isajevs
Marija Bērziņa
Gints Grāvelis
Ērika Eglija-Grāvele
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