LV

2018

38 min

Finished

The Man and the Dahlias

Vīrietis un dālijas

Directing: Guntis Bojars

Synopsis

A poetic portrait of a young man's dilemma in the solemn Latvian countryside. After his mother's death, Dzintars Bumbiers (34) struggles with the large collection of dahlias he has inherited from her. Dzintars's mother had dedicated most of her life to her collection. Dzintars made a promise that he would keep caring for them, but in reality the dahlias hide his contempt. Dzintars considers the commitment to the dahlias is the reason his mother left her sons aside as they were growing up. As a result, two of his brothers have died, one is in prison, while Dzintars was bullied as a child and can't start relationships with women. Now, he takes refuge in computer games and has a difficult relationship with his father and his new wife. But what will happen to the dahlias?