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Release Date:
November 11, 2004
Original Title:
Romeo un Džuljeta
Genres:
Documentary | Music
Production Companies:
Kaupo Filma
Production Countries:
Latvia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 55
An emotional and stylistically consistent documentary musical depicting the staging of Bernstein’s West Side Story with deaf youths. The dramatic material is intertwined with life and the emotional scenes of the musical; it creates a distinctive choreography, which is a statement of the deaf people’s craving to love this world and to be open. Reciting to music, which is the way of singing of the deaf, is the strongest and most unexpected witness of the realities of their world.
Art Direction:
Ieva Jurjāne
Director:
Viesturs Kairišs
Director of Photography:
Gints Bērziņš
Editor:
Klaus Hundsbichler
Producer:
Guntis Trekteris
Sound Director:
Normunds Kļaviņš
Anrijs Krenbergs
Writer:
Viesturs Kairišs
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