At the “Lielais Kristaps” national cinema award ceremony, “Soviet jeans” received three important awards – the best multi-series film, the best screenwriter – Stanislavs Tokalovs, Teodora Markova and Valdemars Kalinovskis, and the best actor – Kārlis Arnolds Avots.
On the other hand, abroad, it has been selected as one of the 12 participants in the “International Panorama” competition of the largest series festival “Series Mania” in Europe. Entry of the series into the “International Panorama” competition of the “Series Mania” festival is an important achievement of the Latvian series in the international arena. The “Series Mania” festival is the biggest event for television series in Europe, it offers exclusive world premieres to an audience of up to 85,500 viewers.
Presentation of the series “Soviet Jeans” by directors Tokalov and Kursieš
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“I am happy that for the first time a Latvian series has been selected for this important festival,” says Stanislavs Tokalovs, director and author of the idea for the series.
Eight episodes are planned for the TV series “Soviet Jeans”, which tells the story of Renard, a rock and roll fan and petty criminal, who deals in western jeans and tries to cheat the system and earn money, meets Tina, the love of his life.
The plot of the series
Renard 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 State Security Committee (VDK) 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 rebel, the jeans business is no longer a tool for freedom, but a form of protest.
The main roles in the series are played by Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Finnish actress Āma Milonofa and Igors Shelegovskis. Other characters will be played by Andris Keišs, Gints Grävelis, Dainis Gaidelis, Ivars Krasts, Gundars Āboliņš, Yevgeniis Isajevs, Jānis Jarāns, Nikolajs Šestaks, Valentīns Novopolskisj, Gatis Gāga, Indra Briķe, Juris Bartkēvičs, Matīs Ozols, Jānis Skutelis, Jurijs Djakonovs, Baiba Broka. and others
The author of the series idea is Tokalov. The authors of the script are Tokalovs, Teodora Markova, Valdemars Kalinovskis, the directors are Tokalovs and Kursietis. The cinematographer of the film is Valdis Celmins, the artists are Laura Dišler and Zanda Landrāte-Bedrīte, the costume designer is Liene Bite, the make-up artist is Maija Gundare, the composer is Kārlis Auzāns, the sound director is Ernests Ansons and the editing director is Oskars Morozs. The producer of the series is Aija Bērziņa from the studio “Tasse Film”.
2024-02-12 13:28:00
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