My Family Tree (2013)

A unique, engaging film that combines documentary footage with narrative cinema to tell the story of four generations of a Latvian family. Sixteen year-old student Jānis has been given an interesting homework assignment – to draw his family tree and explain it. The story of his family begins with his great-great-grandfather who burned down the manors of German landowners during the 1905 revolution. My Family Tree takes us on a journey to various countries and political regimes, showing Jānis’ ancestors to be people of diverse fates and life stories. A rich Latvian trader, a red rifleman loyal to Lenin, a carpenter with the KGB and war refugees in Sweden are only a few branches on his family tree, and the boy has heard something unusual and unforgettable about each and every one of these people.

Released Sept. 27, 2013 74 min 7+

Genres: Drama, Family, History

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, imdb.family-tree, imdb.f-rated, imdb.ancestry, imdb.20th-century, imdb.latvia, imdb.family-history

Production Companies: Fenixfilm

Country: Latvia
Production Country: Latvia
Languages: Latvian, Russian, Swedish