Completed - LATVIAN, RUSSIAN - Drama - 98 minutes
Unable to deal with her teenage son, mother turns Modris in for a small crime. But a teenager's everyday life can't heed the restrictions of the police probation.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Juris KURSIETIS Writer(s) : Juris KURSIETIS Cast : Kristers PIKŠA, Rēzija KALNIŅA Producer(s) : Juris KURSIETIS (Red Dot Media), Vicky MIHA (Boo Productions), Ingmar TROST (Sutor Kolonko)
Modris is a normal 17-year-old with a girlfriend and some good pals at school. But his addiction to gambling makes his relationship with his mother difficult, especially since she keeps on reminding him that his father is in prison - so Modris must have inherited his bad genes.Things come to a head in the middle of the Nordic winter when Modris pawns his mother’s electric heater so he can play the slot machines. She betrays him to the police, and as he begins his adventures in the Latvian justice system, his relationship to the outside world changes. Soon Modris becomes determined to find the father he never knew.
Country(ies) : LATVIA, GREECE, GERMANY
Toronto - TIFF 2014 (Official Selection)San Sebastian IFF 2014 (New Directors - Special Jury Prize)Warsaw FF 2014 (Competition)Film Festival Cottbus 2014 (Competition)Thessaloniki IFF 2014 (International Competition)Leeds IFF 2014Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2014 (Cinema of the World)Tbilisi IFF 2014 (Silver Award Prometheus)Riga IFF 2014Febiofest Prague 2014Guadalajara FICG 2014Vilnius IFF 2014