An aspiring filmmaker tries to search for who he is against the backdrop of Latvian independence in this dark but dreamy coming-of-age story.

January

Ludis and his daughter live in a greedy and  narcissistic village. One day Ludis’ tractor crashes and the entire village loses electricity. Ludis inadvertently touches the electric wires and becomes stiff and seemingly dead. His wife doesn’t want him placed at home, so they place him in the garage.

Ludis

A man decides to help out the mob, hoping for a reward.

Migraine

A year has passed since the turbulent events of the 1905 revolution. The secret police has almost  eradicated  the  network  of  social  democratic  fighters.  Only  one  group  continues  fighting and a bold assault on a factory cash desk is being planned. A low ranking fighter Grey is assigned to lead the operation.  Meanwhile, Grey starts an affair with a young poetess Violet and gets to know the flamboy-ant crowd of decadent artists and writers. Inspired by Violet Grey takes a look at revolution from  a  different  perspective.  Meanwhile  Violet  gradually  gets  involved  in  the  dangerous  world of revolutionary fighters. November 1906 in Riga is still remembered as a month of crazy bohemia and violent terror.

1906

Drug addict Raitis, who has spent most of his life in the criminal world, gets to know the waitress Jana and hopes to turn his life around. But once again he is drawn into the darkness of the past.

Elpot zem ūdens

Ralf, 35, is saving his relationship by taking his girlfriend’s son on a boat trip with an aim to establish himself as a father figure. Not a wildlife expert himself, he also takes on board his office buddy, and it soon becomes clear that this unpredictable, flamboyant womaniser is a world away from being an example to look up to. As Ralf tries to protect the boy from his friend's unsophisticated look on gender and sexuality, soon they are confronted with the realities of the sharp winding river and the roughness of Latvian nature.