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My Family Tree (2013)

Name: My Family Tree
Director: Una Celma
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Released: 2013-09-27
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Cast: Harijs Spanovskis, Andris Berzins, Inita Dzelme, Artūrs Dīcis, Edgars Petkevičs

IMDb 0.01h 14mDrama Family History

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Plot Summary

A unique, engaging film that combines documentary footage with narrative cinema to tell the story of four generations of a Latvian family. Sixteen year-old student Jānis has been given an interesting homework assignment – to draw his family tree and explain it. The story of his family begins with his great-great-grandfather who burned down the manors of German landowners during the 1905 revolution. My Family Tree takes us on a journey to various countries and political regimes, showing Jānis’ ancestors to be people of diverse fates and life stories. A rich Latvian trader, a red rifleman loyal to Lenin, a carpenter with the KGB and war refugees in Sweden are only a few branches on his family tree, and the boy has heard something unusual and unforgettable about each and every one of these people.