SYNOPSIS
Belgium, today. Oleg is a young Latvian butcher. He arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a Colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the yoke of Andrzej, a Polish criminal.
CAST & CREW
Juris Kursietis
Director
Producer(s)
Aija Berzina, Alise Gelze, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski
Script
Liga Celma-Kursiete, Juris Kursietis, Kaspars Odins
Director of Photography
Bogumil Godfrejow
Production designer
Laura Dislere
Sound
Vytis Puronas, Martins Rozentals
Edit
Matyas Veress
Cast
Valentin Novopolskij, Dawid Ogrodnik, Anna Próchniak
Production company(ies)
Iota Production Iota Productions Tasse Film Umedia uFund
Juris Kursietis
Juris Kursietis worked for six years on Latvian National Television as an international journalist. After a Master’s degree in cinema from the Northern Media School in the United Kingdom, he became an assistant director on a number of Latvian movies. He directed his first feature-length film Modris, between 2012 and 2013. In 2014, the film was selected for Toronto, San Sebastian New Directors (Special Jury Prize), Warsaw, Cottbus, Thessaloniki, Leeds, Goa, Tbilissi (Best Director), Riga (Best First Film and Best Actress in a Supporting Role), FesbioFest, Bergamo, Guadalajara, Chicago, Vilnius, Fajr, Brussels, ArtFilmFest, Kinoshock (Best Director), Helsinki, CinEast, Lübeck, Santa Barbara, Prishtina and Busan. Oleg, his second film, has been selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, 2019.
Filmography
The Bicycle Story (2007, short), Will Have It Tomorrow (2008, short), Modris (2014), Oleg (2019).