Forging Condors

Nov 13, 2018

1h 10m

★ 5.0

Overview

Latvian artist Miķelis Fišers, one of the brightest artists of his generation, leaves everything to go to Latin America to find inspiration for his creative work and disappears. His friend, film director Mārtiņš Grauds decides to search for him. The film reveals a moment of artistic creation. The filming crew has been looking for the artist in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Finland, Italy and Latvia.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Film Studio Tanka

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Miķelis Fišers

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Mārtiņš Grauds

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