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2022-05-13 · 14 min · ★ 6.0
Spring 2021. A cinephile invites you on an intimate trip through the last surviving cinema houses in Latvia. This documentary essay, shot on super 8mm, opens the locked doors to picture houses during a Covid-19 lockdown, perhaps the most difficult time in the history of physical cinema space.
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- Directors
- Jānis Ābele
- Production companies
- Chaland Films
- Countries
- Latvia
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- Released
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