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Latvian Awards Darling ‘Soviet Jeans’ Tells The Story Of Life Under Communism, With A Hat Tip To ‘Finding Nemo’…
Latvian comedy-drama 'Soviet Jeans', Series Mania Best Series winner, is Deadline's Global Breakout this week.
The series, from Tasse Film and known locally as Padomju Džinsi, follows young Latvian rock fan and theater costume designer Renars, played by Karlis Arnolds Avots in an award-winning role, who in the late 1970s is sent to a psychiatric asylum by the country’s communist government. Legally working as a costume designer, he has a side hustle in prohibited western products and was largely going about life unrestricted until young KGB officer Maris (Igors Selegovkis) demands he turn informant before detaining Renars in a psychiatric hospital, as many were during the regime, which is portrayed as ludicrous and inefficient. Beta’s Kovacova says the series’ “remarkable run at festivals also highlights its sales potential,” noting it has sold to Walter Presents for the U.S., Canada and the UK, Arte for Germany and France, HBO for the CEE region and Filmin for Portugal and Spain.
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