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Double Portrait of a Coin

Double Portrait of a Coin

Original Title: Monētas dubultportrets

20081h 40m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2008

Runtime

1h 40m

Storyline

Using previously unpublished footage shot by amateurs in the era of 8 mm cameras, the film is about the simple human life of those who lived in the Soviet Latvia from 1940 until 1991, a time when a double-moral reigned in society.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Oct 16, 2008
Languages
Latvian
Director
Romualds Pipars
Romualds Pipars
Production
Ģilde
Ģilde
Production Countries
Latvia

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