Jelgava '94

Sep 17, 2019

1h 20m

★ 6.5

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Overview

It is year 1994. Spring. In Jelgava – a small town in Latvia. Jānis (14) – behaves well at school, shows interest in all subjects, and studies well. His mother loves him very much. There are exactly two things happening in one day, which change his life completely. One – a new girl, Kristīne (15), comes to his class and attracts everybody’s attention immediately. And second– Kurt Cobain commits suicide. Until this moment Jānis does not know anything neither about Nirvana, nor about Cobain. But very soon he finds out.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Juris Podnieks Studio

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Cast

Jānis

Matīss Barons

Nāve

Alekss Tauriņš

Zombis

Endijs Žuks

Kristīne

Elizabete Zviedre

Jānis (adult)

Kaspars Aniņš

Sintija Ķirsone

Katrīna Puķe

Mārcis Broks

Mother of Jānis

Ieva Puķe

Father of Jānis

Kaspars Gods

Director

Guna Zariņa

Sports teacher

Andris Keišs

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