Modris

Slovenski opis filma:

/ LATVIA, NEMČIJA, GRČIJA / 2014 – NST Scenarij in režija: Juris Kursietis / Igrajo: Baiba Broka, Inese Pudza, Januss Johansons, Kaspars Zvigulis, Kristers Piksa, Laura Jeruma, Lauris Dzelzitis, Rezija Kalnina, Sabine Trumsina, Vilis Daudzins… Družinska drama po resnični zgodbi… O sedemnajstletnem Modrisu, ki pričakuje osemnajsti rojstni dan. Gre za fanta, ki hodi v šolo, ima punco in par dobrih prijateljev… Je tudi malce odvisen od kockanja in sploh iger na srečo, zato imata z mamo težaven odnos. Najbrž tudi zato, ker v družini ni očeta in mati ne zamudi priložnosti, da ne bi sinu poočitala, da ima očeta v zaporu in da je podedoval očetove slabe gene… Odnos med materjo in sinom se še bolj zaostri, ko fant sredi zime mami ukrade grelec in ga unovči na igralnih avtomatih… Mama ne zdrži več in prijavi sina policiji. Modrisa obsodijo na dve leti pogojnega zapora za mladostnike… To je tudi trenutek, ko ga latvijski zakonodajni sistem vzame v roke in tako se fantu ponudi nova okoliščina; sedaj bo lahko spoznal svojega očeta, ki ga še nikoli ni srečal… Film je prejel vse glavne latvijske nagrade!

Originalni opis filma:

Modris (17) is no better or worse than his peers. He goes to school, has a girlfriend, some good friends. His gambling addiction makes his relationship with mother difficult. They live alone and she doesn't miss a chance to remind him his father is in prison and Modris has a bad gene. Their boiling relationship goes over the lid, when Modris pawns his mother's electric heater, trying to squeeze a win from a slot machine. She betrays him to the police and Modris is sentenced to two years probation. This is when his adventures with the Latvian justice system start, along with the change of his relationship to the outside world and his new goal: to find the father he has never met.