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LEAVING BY THE WAY

by Viesturs Kairišs

synopsis

Nine years old Dauka cannot await for his dad, a sailor, return from the sea. His mother is not able to tell the truth about father’s death to Dauka. Caught in lies and secret Dauka’s mother sinks in her despair. Then little Dauka’s search for an answer begins – what to do and how to live in the world complicated by adults. Who will give the answer – the nature, people, the sea?

international title: Leaving by the Way
original title: Pa celam aizejot
country: Latvia
year: 2001
genre: fiction
directed by: Viesturs Kairišs
film run: 90'
screenplay: Viesturs Kairišs, Kaspars Odins, Inga Abele
cast: Davis Bergs, Elita Klavina, Guna Zarina, Andris Keiss, Eriks Vilsons
cinematography by: Janis Eglitis
film editing: Juta Brante
art director: Ieva Jurjane
producer: Guntis Trekteris
production: Kaupo Filma

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