The Mover (2018)

Original title

Tēvs nakts

Directed by

Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.

Genre

history, drama

Country

Latvia

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

14A

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War Two, a Latvian man helps Jewish people escape the Riga ghetto by hiding them in a coffin and driving them to safety. The film follows him as he faces the danger and moral weight of his actions.

somberreflectiveatmosphericrestrainedintimatehistoricaltensesorrowful

What happens

The Mover (Latvian: Tēvs Nakts – 'Father Night') is a 2018 Latvian historial war drama film directed by Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. The film is based on the Latvian novel A Boy and a Dog written by Inese Zandere and illustrated by Reinis Pētersons. It was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated. In 2019 The Mover was awarded as the best foreign film at Haifa International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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