At The Movies

At The Movies

87 mins | Comedy | Nov. 6, 2020

In one long take lasting nearly an hour and a half, three well-known Latvian actors re-stage scenes from renowned Soviet Latvian movies made under the Riga Film Studio. As they progress from film to film, their re-enactments lead them to discover the undeniably funny personalities and unbelievable circumstances under which these films were made. Blending documentary, theatre and fiction film, this is a comedy about the cinema and the actor, and a heartfelt homage to the Riga Film Studio.

At The Movies

87 mins | Comedy | Nov. 6, 2020

At The Movies
In one long take lasting nearly an hour and a half, three well-known Latvian actors re-stage scenes from renowned Soviet Latvian movies made under the Riga Film Studio. As they progress from film to film, their re-enactments lead them to discover the undeniably funny personalities and unbelievable circumstances under which these films were made. Blending documentary, theatre and fiction film, this is a comedy about the cinema and the actor, and a heartfelt homage to the Riga Film Studio.
Producers Deep Sea Studios LV, Fenixfilm
Original title Kino un mēs
Directors Matīss Kaža
Writers Jānis Skutelis, Matīss Kaža, Andris Keišs, Egons Dombrovskis

Cast

Jānis Skutelis

as Jānis

Andris Keišs

as Andris