Movies: Mārtiņš Kontants

After surviving a deadly attack, a guard on the Soviet-Chinese border decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be....

A photographer has lived his life doing the same things on repeat. Photographs embody his passion and the quest for meaning in life. One day, the photographer experiences a situation that reflects the ambiguous nature of his mind and emotions. He him...

A couple that does not fit into society’s accepted norms regarding women and men. Routine problems of everyday life that tend to take on immeasurable amplitudes push the film’s leads into a most intimate confinement, one in which thoughts and the ans...

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