D is for Division

April. 24,2018      
Rating:
7
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1940. On the border between Latvia and the USSR, a woman is killed in front of her house as she tried to protect her son from the liberating attack of the Soviets. Almost 80 years later, the archive photo bearing witness to this news item and representing a collateral victim of the European Union’s founding conflict forms the starting point for a journey undertaken by Davis Sīmanis. He navigates from one side to the other of this border, which today represents another separation, one that is geographical but also cultural: between Europe and Russia.

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Reviews

Develiker
2018/04/24

terrible... so disappointed.

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GurlyIamBeach
2018/04/25

Instant Favorite.

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Phonearl
2018/04/26

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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mraculeated
2018/04/27

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

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