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Lucavsala (2014)

Original title: Prügi mahapanek keelatud!

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Documentary Duration 17:00

Lucavsala

Lucavsala (Lutsusaar) is an island in almost central Riga, in the middle of the River Daugava. In 1930s, there were farm houses and herds of cows in the island. After the war the island was divided into gardening lots for the workers of Soviet big industries. The spontaneous life and activities in the gardening cooperative in Lucavsala is opening up through the humorous details and contrasts. The protagonist Rasma, a 76-year-old self-initiated chairwoman of the gardening cooperative, checks the maintenance in the island, reprimands the lazy ones and the drunkards, collects taxes and pokes her nose into other people's matters. ...

Director: Jaak Kilmi

Keywords: changing of seasons | horticulture | garden party | gardening work | hippies | drinking | vegetables | river | greenhouses | spring | View all »

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Production Firm(s) Mistrus Media (Latvia)
Film Category Documentary, Observation
Text / Dialogue Latvian, Russian
Subtitles English
Duration 17:00

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  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
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