![]() On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75% based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. ![]() Reception Box office ĭuring the first five weeks of screening the film was seen by more than 200,000 people, making it the most-watched film since the restoration of Latvian independence. Valdis Celmiņš drew inspiration for his cinematography from Christian Berger's concept of avoiding wide establishing shots by using a wide lens for medium shots and closeups, as well as László Nemes' film Son of Saul. Several of the battle scenes were shot at the locations where the historical battles had taken place. Former Minister of Defence Raimonds Bergmanis made a cameo appearance in the film, while the then Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks appeared as an extra. Oto Brantevics, the actor for the lead role of Artūrs, was selected out of 1,300 candidates, despite Brantevics having no prior acting experience. Eventually, Artūrs returns to his newly-proclaimed country to fight in the Latvian War of Independence and start everything from scratch. Then he joins communist while fighting for them he starts seeing that people options on communists had changed to negative he does not believe it at first but then he is ordered to execute his friend he desserts. Artūrs goes on to fight in World War I on the Eastern Front, where he loses his father and brother and quickly becomes disillusioned. Plot Īfter witnessing his mother being shot by the invading German troops, sixteen-year-old Artūrs, together with his father, decides to enlist in the national Latvian Riflemen battalions of the Imperial Russian Army in hopes of getting revenge and finding glory. It was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film is an adaptation of Aleksandrs Grīns' novel of the same name written about his service as a Latvian Rifleman in World War I. It premiered on 8 November 2019 in Latvia and on 20 February 2020 internationally at the European Film Market. title) is a 2019 Latvian historical drama directed by Dzintars Dreibergs. ![]() 104 minutes (international version) īlizzard of Souls ( Latvian: Dvēseļu putenis) or The Rifleman (U.K. ![]()
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