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Lake Sonata

1976 · 92 min

A quiet, emotionally charged drama about love and duty, unfolding slowly in a rural setting.

Directed by
Gunārs Cilinskis, Varis Brasla
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Astrīda Kairiša, Gunārs Cilinskis, Lilita Ozoliņa
Overview
Doctor Rūdolfs spends time at his country cottage, and there he meets teacher Laura - a mother of two children whose husband is in prison. Rūdolfs rescues Laura's daughter, Zaiga, who is sick, befriends her son, Maris, and falls in love with Laura, but she desperately struggles with her feelings of responsibility towards her family.

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Directed by
Gunārs Cilinskis, Varis Brasla
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Astrīda Kairiša, Gunārs Cilinskis, Lilita Ozoliņa
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Gunārs Cilinskis, Varis Brasla
Written by
Regina Ezera, Gunārs Cilinskis
Starring
Astrīda Kairiša, Gunārs Cilinskis, Lilita Ozoliņa, Girts Jakovlevs, Lidija Freimane, Egīls Veseris, Ineta Apoga
Cinematography
Gvido Skulte
Runtime
92 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Latvian

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