The non-fiction debut from award-winning Latvian writer/director Stanislavs Tokalovs, Everything Will Be Alright welcomes viewers into the everyday life of the filmmaker’s immediate family, members of the Russian-speaking community of Purvciems, a suburb outside Riga. Ninety-nine-year-old Nina is the clan’s matriarch, a World War II veteran who came to Latvia in 1955. Her offspring, Irina, is a university lecturer torn between her husband’s tirades, her mother’s needs, and her 18-year-old daughter’s desires as an aspiring artist. With cinematographer and co-writer Valdis Celmins, Tokalovs presents an intimate look at the internal and external conflicts affecting these individuals. Without promising “everything will be alright,” the film unravels vital questions about integration, collective memory, propaganda, and the war of identities that affects many – both in Latvia and worldwide.
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Everything Will Be Alright arrives on DVD and Digital on December 10, 2024.
