Midsummer Madness

Oct 12, 2007

1h 34m

★ 5.7

Overview

St. John’s Night is a traditional midsummer Latvian celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Kaupo Filma

Steve Walsh Productions

Fischer Film

Midsummer Madness Trailers

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Cast

Curt

Orlando Wells

Oskars

Gundars Āboliņš

Livia

Maria de Medeiros

Toni

Dominique Pinon

Aida

Chulpan Khamatova

Peteris

Tobias Moretti

Mike

Victor McGuire

Axel

Detlev Buck

Karl

Roland Düringer

Maja

Birgit Minichmayr

Foma

Daniil Spivakovskiy

Natasha

Aurelija Anuzhite

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