81 Meters (2022)
Overview
Spring 2021. A cinephile invites you on an intimate trip through the last surviving cinema houses in Latvia. This documentary essay, shot on super 8mm, opens the locked doors to picture houses during a Covid-19 lockdown, perhaps the most difficult time in the history of physical cinema space.
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| Original Language | lv |
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Directed By
Jānis Ābele
Crew
Jānis Ābele
Jānis Ābele
Jānis Ābele
Dita Birkenšteina
Toms Šķēle
Madara Didrihsone
Ernests Ansons
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