A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve (1981)

Original title

Limuzīns Jāņu nakts krāsā

Directed by

Jānis Streičs

Genre

comedy film, romance film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two families compete for the inheritance of their eighty-year-old aunt, leading to comedic and romantic situations.

whimsicalnostalgiccomedicromanticlightheartedsentimentalfamily dramasunny

What happens

A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve (Latvian: Limuzīns Jāņu nakts krāsā, Russian: Лимузин цвета белой ночи, romanized: Lymuzyn tsveta beloy nochy) is a 1981 Soviet-Latvian comedy-drama film directed by Jānis Streičs. Movie was produced by Riga Film Studio. The film was awarded the Latvian National Film Prize Lielais Kristaps in 1981. The film is part of Latvian Culture and was voted the all-time best Latvian film. It is shown every year on TV before the summer solstice festival of Jāņi, a national holiday in Latvia. The movie is about the struggle of two related families for their eighty-year-old aunt's inheritance through comic and romantic events. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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