Inga Can Hear (2018)
Overview
“Inga Can Hear” is a story about the 15-year old Inga, a girl caught between two worlds. Being the only hearing member of a deaf family residing in the remote Latvian countryside, Inga has been the family’s interpreter in the hearing world since the age of seven. Her role in the family has forced her to grow up very quickly and her personality fluctuates between a responsible young woman and a moody teenager. Inga is about to graduate from middle school and has to make a decision on what to do next. Inga’s head is full of questions. To pursue a career as an actress? To become a firefighter? What will happen to the family, for whom she has sometimes been the only link to the outside world?
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | lv |
| Popularity | 0.034 |
Directed By
Kaspars Goba
Crew
Kaspars Goba
Kaspars Goba
Kaspars Goba
Lelde Goba
Māris Maskalāns
Andris Grants
Ieva Goba
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