Fortune Telling on a Lamb Shoulder

Zīlēšana uz jēra lāpstiņas

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.

Screenplay

Oleg Manzhiyev

Director

Ada Neretniece

Status

Released

Release date

02/04/1989

Original language

Latvian