EASTWEST FILMDISTRIBUTION GMBH
 
Summary
Staff
Films
News
KEEP SMILING, MOM! (MAMMA VĒL SMAIDA)
SALES All rights, World
 
More Information

Completed - LATVIAN - Road movie, Comedy - 94 minutes

Log Line

Three estranged sisters travel through the Baltics to fulfil their mother’s last wish to be buried in Latvia. Broke, heartbroken and desperate, the sisters fight old fights, commit new crimes, and confront their own demons, all with their dead mother looking down on them from the roof of their van.

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Elza GAUJA
Writer(s) : Elza GAUJA, Rasa BUGAVIČUTE-PĒCE
Cast : Anta AIZUPE, Baiba BROKA, Daiga KAZOCINA, Matiss BUDOVSKIS

Producer(s) : Andris GAUJA (Riverbed), Elza GAUJA (Riverbed), Marta BIDE (Riverbed)

Synopsis

Three estranged sisters living in separate Baltic countries must come together when their mother dies unexpectedly in Finland. To avoid exorbitant repatriation costs they undertake a road trip to Latvia – with Mom’s body hidden in the rooftop cargo carrier of their van. What could possibly go wrong? Along the way they pick up a charming hitchhiker, rekindle long-smoldering sibling rivalries and break more than a few laws as they struggle to fulfill their beloved mother’s last wish. Will they be able to reunite their deceased parents in a Latvian cemetery and find a way to become sisters again before they’re arrested or end up killing each other?

Production

Country(ies) : LATVIA


If any information seems out of date, let us know