Aivars Freimanis

Aivars Freimanis

1936-02-08
81 (2018-01-24)
Jelgava, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Aivars Freimanis was a prominent Latvian film director and writer.

Jelgava, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Aivars Freimanis was a prominent Latvian film director and writer.

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Apple in the River 1974 (5.5)

A feature shot as a documentary, with minimal interference in the surrounding action. The resulting film is a truthful and innocent portrayal of the era with no imitations or conscious borrowings but with its own avant-garde experiments.
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A Boy 1977 (5.5)

Latvia, late 19th century. Farm-hand boy Jancis lives on a homestead with his mother, grandfather and grandmother. His world does not reach beyond the horizon, and life progresses according to the seasonal cycle – from winter through spring, summer and autumn to the next St. George's Day when farmhands often had to move to the next farm.
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The Coast 1963 (7)

A poetic documentary observation of everyday life in a Latvian fishing village, where centuries-old traditions and wind-hardened men and women live alongside the optimism of new construction and the smiling faces of the new generation.