Kapitalisms Skersiela

Kapitalisms SkersielaKapitalismus an der Crossroad Street / Capitalism at Crossroad Street

Competition Documentaries, Latvia 2013, 101 Min.

Crossroad Street is like a small village in the middle of Riga. People know each other and they stick together. In this film, director Ivars Seleckis drops in on the odd residents for the third time. He has documented the lives of these simple people twice before; first at the end of the 1980s after the dissolution of the USSR and then at the end of the 1990s, after Latvia regained its independence, both times of change. The changes visible on Crossroad Street this time are a consequence of the financial crisis. We visit single mother Daiga, who barely makes ends meet, and mortician Aldis, who believes the apocalypse is coming and lost his Jacuzzi in the wake of bankruptcy. Seleckis lets a bit of irony shine through with his Crossroaders, as they reflect on their lives in uncertain times in short sequences combined with sequences from the past, which highlight the changes, but also much that has remained constant.

Director Ivars Seleckis

Screenplay Talivaldis Margevics

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