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The Photographer from Riga

Fotografen från Riga

Sweden, Finland, Latvia
2009 — 58' / Color

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Përshkrimi

Images from a country in transition. Inta Ruka is one of Europe’s most noteworthy documentary photographers. For thirty years she has taken hauntingly beautiful portraits of the faces of Latvia. In this documentary, Maud Nycander portrays her friend and colleague who, despite her renown, still works as a cleaner at the Swedish embassy in Riga. The documentary also depicts a country in the throes of dramatic change.

Biografia e Regjisorëve

Is a documentary filmmaker who lives in Stockholm. Her previous films include the highly acclaimed Love and Fish Fingers/Kärlek och fiskpinnar (2004) and The Latin Kings (2004).Is a documentary filmmaker who lives in Stockholm. Her previous films include the highly acclaimed Love and Fish Fingers/Kärlek och fiskpinnar (2004) and The Latin Kings (2004).

Regjisorë

Maud Nycander

Producent

Stina Gardell

Kinematografia

Andra Lassmanis

Lars Tunbjörk

Maud Nycander

Editorë

Kersti Grunditz

Zërimi

Sebastian Öberg

Kontakti

Mantaray Film AB
Tjärhovsgatan 36
116 21 Stockholm, Sweden
+ 46 8 640 43 45
[email protected]