Trailer of a multi-series art film “Criminal Case for Beginners” / Article published

The film takes place in 1995, when Latvia has just regained its independence, and the story is about the death of an influential woman who is being investigated by a new police officer. The director of the seven-series art film is Armands Zvirbulis, the producer is Arta Ģiga, and the cinematographer is Gints Bērziņš. Other experienced filmmakers have also contributed to the film. Actors – Madara Zviedre (Saldovere), Diāna Krista Stafecka, Ritvars Logins, Ģirts Krūmiņš, Mārcis Manjakovs, Jurijs Djakonovs and Uldis Dumpis – as well as foreign actors: Aleksejs Gorbunovs (Ukraine), Hrants Tokhatjans (Armenia), Valentija , Yuri Curilo (Russia), Andrei Ilyin (Russia).

“I think the criminal work should be well-packed, well-beaten. I’ve always really enjoyed the old French criminal dramas of the seventies and eighties – Claude Sabrrol and similar authors. was the world that Andris Kolbergs enchanted in his novel, and his novels are very cinematic, and “Look for a Woman”, which is the subject of a multi – series crime drama, is a real masterpiece, with many characters, parallel worlds and storylines. It seems that if Andris wrote a paragraph, it might even be worth a whole series, so we, as the authors of the film, often had to decide what to leave out of it and what to keep for the seven-story series. “We have succeeded and the audience will appreciate our performance,” said the film ‘s director Armands Zvirbulis.

The co-producers of the multi-series film “Criminal Case for Beginners” are LMT, Latvian Television, as well as co-producers from Lithuania – “InScript” – and Russia – “ChBK films”. The project was selected in a competition organized by the National Film Center in 2020 for the creation of high-quality series. The production of the film has also been financially supported by the Lithuanian Film Center and the Latvian State Cultural Capital Fund.

From March 11, the multi-series criminal film will be shown free of charge in the application “LMT Viedtelevīzija” and smarttelevizija.lv, but in the autumn also on LTV1.

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