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The Sign Painter is a tragicomedy about a young Latvian man, Ansis, with simple dreams: to marry Zisele, the free-spirited and beautiful daughter of a local Jewish merchant, and to pursue a career as an artist whilst supporting himself as a sign painter.
The Sign Painter is a tragicomedy about a young Latvian man, Ansis, with simple dreams: to marry Zisele, the free-spirited and beautiful daughter of a local Jewish merchant, and to...
- Drama, Comedy, Foreign, War
Ansis earns his living as a sign painter, a seemingly innocent occupation. His craft is needed in every regime – the authoritarian Thirties, the following Communism, as well as Nazism. Ansis is compelled to cooperate.
Feb 9, 2021 · Viesturs Kairišs’ tragicomic film The Sign Painter, charts Latvia’s turbulent history during WWII through the lens of Ansis. He is an insignificant individual, a mere bystander, trying to remain neutral but inevitably caught up in the sweep of history.
The Sign Painter Ansis earns his living as a sign painter in his Latvian village, a seemingly innocent occupation needed in every regime - from the authoritarian Thirties, followed by Communism, and now the Nazis.
A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his country, his village, his people, and even his heart are swept up in the inexorable currents of history. Cast. Crew. Details.
A painter gets caught up in a love triangle with a Jewish and Latvian woman that turns upside after one falls victim to the Nazis' persecutions.
Nov 19, 2020 · Latvian director Viesturs Kairiss takes a literally and figuratively off-kilter view of his country's turbulent history in his latest feature, that considers the rise and fall of the various dictatorships from the perspective of small town sign painter Ansis (newcomer Davis Suharevskis).
Jan 17, 2020 · A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his country, his village, his people, and even his heart are swept up in the inexorable currents of history.
The Sign Painter is a Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his country, his village, his people, and even his heart are swept up in the inexorable currents of history.
