Project Detail

Midsummer Madness

Synopsis

An offbeat romantic comedy set in Latvia on the shortest night of the year - a night when the whole country goes crazy.
Curt, a young American lands in Riga looking for his Latvian half-sister Maia, hating the place from the minute he arrives. But events - and a very talkative taxi-driver - make him see things differently, so that by the time morning arrives he doesn't bat an eyelid when he sees a kangaroo being wheeled into hospital for treatment!

Details

Year
2008
Type of film
Features
Running time
88 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Alexander Hahn
Producer
Konstantin Serbriakov
Editor
Justin Krish
Screenwriter
Alexander Hahn, Alexander Mahler, Norman Hudis
Director of Photography
Jerzy Palacz
Sound
Alvars Riekstins
Principal cast
Maria de Medeiros, Dominique Pinon, Tobias Moretti, Chulpan Khamatova

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Fischerfilm

Steve Walsh Productions
Kaupo Films

Sales Company

EastWest Film Distribution

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