Elpojiet dzili

Jan 4 1967 N/A 1h 16m
Drama, Music, Romance

Cezars Kalnins installs telephones by day and composes pop songs by night. His band has a hard time receiving the permit from Soviet censorship authorities for a public debut. A member of the Culture Committee superficially listens to Cezars' songs and deems the lyrics "unsuitable and frivolous” and "unfit for the Soviet youth”, and is later powerless to stop the grindstone of public debate, which she has herself initiated.

Plot

Set in Riga in 1967, the film deals with the challenges faced by creative young people under an authoritarian regime where artistic freedom is restricted and national culture under assault. In his free time, phone technician Cezars Kalnins (Uldis Pucitis) writes songs and plays in a rock band called 'The Optimists'. While the band is trying secure permission to perform in public, Anita Sondore (Dina Kuple), a member of the Youth Aesthetics Education Committee, writes a report criticising Cezars' lyrics as 'frivolous' and 'unsuitable'.

Written by

Gunars Priede

Directed by

Rolands Kalnins

Cast

Uldis Pucitis, Dina Kuple, Liga Liepina

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Rigas kinostudija

Languages

Latviešu

Awards

N/A

Trailers
FOUR WHITE SHIRTS Trailer | PÖFF 2018
Four White Shirts (Cetri balti krekli) | Official Trailer | Streaming On Klassiki
Scores
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357
Average Rating
8 out of 10
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