Fortune Telling on a Lamb Shoulder

Fortune Telling on a Lamb Shoulder

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 2, 1989

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

70%

Original Title

Zīlēšana uz jēra lāpstiņas

Production Companies

Rīgas kinostudija

Director

Ada Neretniece

Description

The film takes place in the early 50s in a small Siberian village where the paths and destinies of exiled Latvians, Kalmyks, and Russians crossed. The Kalmyk boy Ligi lives with his grandfather, who goes to the taiga, collects herbs, treats fellow villagers. One day Grandfather was arrested on false charges of murder and arson of the farm.