V.V.M. studija

Father and daughter – film actor Pauls Butkēvičs and Doctor of Dental Science Alēna Butkēviča, who has passed on her family name to her son and grandson – meet in their country home and in stories from the past. Pauls has appeared in more than 150 films, Alēna has studied in Latvia and the US, lectured all over the world, but her father says: "We are together all the time. Maybe not physically, but mentally – definitely!"

The documentary tells the story of the renowned Latvian and internationally acclaimed surgeon Viktors Kalnbērzs. Throughout his life, the legendary 87-year-old surgeon performed significant operations not only in his homeland but also in many parts of the world. He was the first surgeon in the Soviet Union to perform gender reassignment surgery, earning a deeply divided response from the ruling authorities toward his professional work — to the point where there was even the possibility that the talented surgeon could be stripped of his scalpel…