Cinema made in Latvia has always been popular among viewers. However, for it to be excellent, there are several prerequisites that have also been fulfilled in the film Mother’s milk. A professional team was involved in the creation of the joint project, the film deals with issues that are especially relevant today, reflecting the audience’s current society experiences that have influenced several generations. Heroes with strong characters and self-sufficient personalities who, if they could survive in those times, can certainly survive and stand for themselves today. A film with a historically important story and a fantastic ensemble of actors not only entertains, but also educates – and not only in a historical aspect, but also in terms of humanity and relationships.
The movie Mother’s milk is the story of three generations of women. The young and promising Soviet-era doctor Astra, played by Maija Doveika, but in the episodes of her youth by Elina Vaska-Boter, conflicts with the totalitarian Soviet regime, losing everything – career, love for life and even a mother’s instinct, denying her child breast milk. She is forced to abandon science and go to a country clinic, taking with her her daughter Nora, played by Ruth Cronberg, known for playing Bill in the film Bill. Growing up, the daughter becomes her only support and tries to help her mother overcome depression, and also learns to survive in the oppressive Soviet regime.
The director of the film is Ināra Kolmane, the author of the script is Arvis Kolmanis. In the main roles: Maija Doveika, Elīna Vaska-Botere, Rūta Kronberga, Indra Briķe, Inga Tropa, Juris Lisners, Ģirts Krūmiņš, Jānis Znotiņš, Zane Bierande, Elīna Vāne, Oleksi Gorbunov and others. Cinematographer Rolandas Leonavičius (Lithuania), artist Algirdas Garbačiauskas (Lithuania), casting director Evita Bērziņa, costume designer Evija Johnson, make-up artist Gunda Zvirbule, editing director Michal Lansky (Czech Republic), composer Raimonds Tiguls, sound director Arturas Pugačiauskas (Lithuania), producers Jānis Yuhņevičs and Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone, executive producer Ieva Majore, patrons of the film Ieva and Robin Hull, etc.
the movie Mother’s milk made by a film studio Nine, in cooperation with a Latvian technology company Tet and the Belgian company Umedi.
