The harsh environment of Latgale determines the visual language and “provincial” aesthetic of this film, while the particular milieu of the surrounding pottery furnaces and old cottages depict an end of the line region where one man is burning himself in the fires of his artistic passion, making of clay pots.
Details:
Original Title: Uguns un mālu pavēlnieks
Director: Reinis Kalnaellis
Genre: Experimental documentary
Lenght: 8'55''
Format: 35mm
Dialogues: no dialogues
Screen ratio: 1:1,85
Country: Latvia
Year: 2009
Production Company: Rija Films, BFM