Latvian with English subtitles
Country of Origin: Latvia
Director: Dzintars Dreibergs
Producer: Inga Pranevska
Based on true events and the novel by Aleksandrs Grins, which was forbidden in the USSR, the film follows a coming-of-age story of a sixteen-year-old Arthur. After the loss of his mother, he enlists to fight in WWI with dreams of becoming a hero, but after surviving the brutalities of trench warfare and the loss of his family, he wonders if his efforts in battle were futile and if hope is only to be found in rebuilding a family and a home as Latvia itself is born from the atrocities of war.
https://youtu.be/5jtbWqXqZ6M
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