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Ezera sonate. Lake Sonata (DVD, Pal Format) (SKU #7435)
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  • Rūdolfs, a city physician, spends his summer in the countryside, which is where he meets Laura – a teacher and mother of two, and whose husband is in prison. Rūdolfs saves the life of Laura’s daughter, Zaiga, makes friends with her son Māris, and falls in love with Laura. Laura is then faced with the difficult and painful choice between love and family commitment.
    “Lake Sonata” is a classic melodrama that was assured success due to its perfect tandem of first-time directors. In 1977 the magazine Variety (USA) wrote: “…Gunārs Cilinskis has the stature of a hero from a Greek tragedy, while the graceful movements of Astrīda Kairiša are the embodiments of a wood nymph”. This film from the golden age of Latvian cinema searches for the answer to a question that has spanned the ages – should one give in to forbidden love?
    Directors: Varis Brasla, Gunārs Cilinskis
    Screenwriters: Regīna Ezera, Gunārs Cilinskis
    Cinematographer: Gvido Skulte
    Art Director: Andris Merkmanis
    Composer: Imants Kalniņš
    Riga Film Studio, 1976
    Cast: Laura – Astrīda Kairiša; Rūdolfs – Gunārs Cilinskis; Vija – Lilita Ozoliņa, Ričs – Ģirts Jakovļevs; māte – Lidija Freimane; Māris – Egils Veseris; Zaiga – Ineta Apoga and others.
  • In Latvian (subtitles in English)
    DVD, PAL (World format) 1 h 27 min min
    PLEASE NOTE - May not play on regular American (NTSC) DVD players.
  • Riga, Latvia




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