![]() The concept of the film is based on reflection on human and social relations, historical processes, and lifestyle of two women: mother and daughter.ĭirector Ināra Kolmane's previous film Bille (2018) has been awarded many prizes, including the national cinema award "Lielais Kristaps". ![]() ![]() ![]() Soviet Milk, her most recent novel, won the 2015 Annual Latvian Literature Award (LALIGABA) for Best Prose. But growing up, her daughter becomes her only support and helps both her mother in depression and learns to survive in the regime. : Soviet Milk (9781908670427) by Nora Ikstena and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. A young, promising doctor in conflict with the Soviet regime loses everything - her career, love of life and her mother's instinct, which leads her to deny milk to her child. The story covers the period after World War II and revolves around the fate of women in the 1970s and 1980s. "Soviet Milk" has been translated and published in more than 20 countries, including the UK, Italy, Hungary, Estonia, Macedonia, Georgia, Sweden, Ukraine, Syria, Japan, Russia, Germany, Austria, Lithuania, France, the USA, the UAE and Norway. The film is intended to be developed as an international project and has received European Union funding. The main roles are played by actresses Maija Doveika and Rūta Kronberga. The film's director is Ināra Kolmane, and scriptwriter is Arvis Kolmanis. ![]() Accept "Third-party" cookies Manage cookies ![]()
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Explains why I'm not a morning person I guess?". Sy Scholfield quotes her on Twitter: "At my parents' house now, I found my birth certificate. Recently, Friedman has also published, along with artist Christine Norrie, a graphic novel Breaking Up which details the complicated dynamics of Junior year in an arts school in New York. Norah forms a book club and falls in love with James, one of the clubs members. Friedman wrote one of the four stories in the holiday collection Mistletoe (2006), and she wrote a short story, "Three Fates" for the book 21 Proms. Photo: David Shankbone, license cc-by-2.5 BiographyĪmerican author of several young adult novels, South Beach (2004) (a New York Times bestseller), French Kiss (2005), Hollywood Hills (2007) and The Year My Sister Got Lucky (2008), Sea Change (2009) and A Novel Idea (2005), the latter a romantic comedy about a teenager who starts a book club in Park Slope, Brooklyn. 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