
The film focuses on the so-called "French group" – a group of Latvian intellectuals arrested by the Soviet authorities in early 1951. Elza Stērste, Kurts Fridrihsons, Ieva Lase, Maija Silmale, Mirdza Ersa, Milda Grīnfelde, Miervaldis Ozoliņš, Irīna and Arnolds Stubauus, Alfrēds and Eleonora Sausnes, and Skaidrīte Sirsone were accused of treason for reading French literature and showing an interest in Western culture, and were sentenced to 10–25 years in Siberian camps.
Directed by Andris Rozenbergs
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Related

The Class of ‘92

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

Above Majestic

Night Will Fall

Come See Me in the Good Light

Directed by John Ford

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Sidney

Room 237

The Curse of the Dragon

35 Up

Tony Parker: The Final Shot

Fuck