The series “Soviet jeans”
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A member of the festival jury says: “Our selection team fell in love with this wonderful series. We were blown away by its unique style, focused story, beautiful direction and acting. We are sure that the series will have a great future and we see a high market potential for it.”
“The news about the selection of the Berlin festival and the 12 nominations of Great Kristaps is a great joy for our team and, I’m sure, for the supporters as well,” director Stanislavs Tokalovs shares his impressions.
The series “Soviet jeans” has 8 episodes planned, which tells how a rock and roll fan and petty criminal Renard, who deals in western jeans and tries to cheat the system and earn money, meets his lifelong love, Tina. Unfortunately, Renard is committed to a psychiatric hospital, where he starts an underground business producing replicas of cult US denim brands. He begins cooperation with the director of the psychiatric hospital, who makes a good profit from it and promises Renard freedom in return.
Jeans gain popularity among Latvian youth, and Renārs becomes an anonymous underground legend. The KGB is looking for this sewing workshop all over the country. Renard comes into their sights until they finally surround him, though nothing can be proven. The conflict between Renard and the KGB agent goes beyond jeans and criminal cases – it becomes a clash of life philosophies and ideologies. Step by step, Renard becomes a real rioter, the jeans business is no longer a tool for freedom, but a form of protest, a higher goal.
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Starring: Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Aamu Milonoff and Igors Šelegovskis.
The author of the dance for the series is Stanislavs Tokalovs. Script authors: Stanislavs Tokalovs, Teodora Markova, Valdemar Kalinowskis, directors: Stanislavs Tokalovs, Juris Kursietis. Cameraman Valdis Celminņš, artists Laura Dišler and Zanda Landrāte-Bedrīte, costume designer Liene Bite, makeup artist Maija Gundare, composer Kārlis Auzāns, sound director Ernests Ansons and editing director Oskars Morozs. Producer Aija Bērziņa, “Tasse Film” studio.
The general sponsor of the series is the “Depo” chain of stores. The series was made with the support of the European Regional Development Fund and the National Cinema Center. The co-sponsors of the series are “Go3” and “TV3”. International distributor “Beta Film”.
The film has received 12 nominations for the “Lielais Kristaps” national cinema award.
The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 15 to 25.
2024-01-18 12:50:04
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