Release Date

18 Oct, 2026

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The 20th century dreamt of utopia but instead experienced tragedies. This film looks at San Francisco-based Latvian artist and playwright Raimonds Staprāns’ nearly century-long experience of trying to define life and statehood. It constructs an exact replica of one of his paintings, and asks actors to portray characters from his plays. Keeping in mind the symbolically charged image of the red barn in the painting, it deliberately incites arguments between the actors, the director and the crew about the motivations of the characters as well as alternative actions or decisions that they could have taken but did not.

Original Title

Sarkanais šķūnis

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Actors

Imants Strads

Kaspars Zvīgulis

Crew

Pēteris Krilovs

Ieva Struka

Pēteris Krilovs

Valdis Celmiņš

Dāvis Līcītis

Mārtiņš Blanks

Paula Popmane

Arturs Maskats

Uldis Cekulis

Agne Skane