My Family Tree
27/09/2013
A unique, engaging film that combines documentary footage with narrative cinema to tell the story of four generations of a Latvian family. Sixteen year-old student Jānis has been given an interesting homework assignment – to draw his family tree and explain it. The story of his family begins with his great-great-grandfather who burned down the manors of German landowners during the 1905 revolution. My Family Tree takes us on a journey to various countries and political regimes, showing Jānis’ ancestors to be people of diverse fates and life stories. A rich Latvian trader, a red rifleman loyal to Lenin, a carpenter with the KGB and war refugees in Sweden are only a few branches on his family tree, and the boy has heard something unusual and unforgettable about each and every one of these people.
Movie Information
Harijs Spanovskis
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Andris Berzins
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Inita Dzelme
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Artūrs Dīcis
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Edgars Petkevičs
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Juris Circenis
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Guna Zariņa
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Kristaps Rasims
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Aldis Siliņš
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Ilze Akmentiņa
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Jevgēnijs Isajevs
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Marija Bērziņa
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Gints Grāvelis
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Ērika Eglija-Grāvele
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