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'''''Vai viegli būt jaunam?''''' ('Is It Easy to Be Young?') is a [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet-era]] [[Latvia]]n [[documentary film]] directed by [[Juris Podnieks]]. It was filmed in 1986 with dialog in both [[Latvian language|Latvian]] and [[Russian language|Russian]], and is considered to be among the most controversial movies of its era. It was one of the five winners of the 1987 [[International Documentary Association]] awards. |
'''''Vai viegli būt jaunam?''''' ('Is It Easy to Be Young?') is a [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet-era]] [[Latvia]]n [[documentary film]] directed by [[Juris Podnieks]]. It was filmed in 1986 with dialog in both [[Latvian language|Latvian]] and [[Russian language|Russian]], and is considered to be among the most controversial movies of its era. It was one of the five winners of the 1987 [[International Documentary Association]] awards.[http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000351/1987] |
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The movie speaks about young people who perished as a result of growing up in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] society - their conflicts with parents and society, the patronizing attitudes of their teachers and the authorities, the fear that there is no meaning to their lives. Among the young people portrayed are high-schoolers looking for their place in life, a young mother worried about the future of her daughter after the [[Chernobyl]] catastrophe, a young man follower of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna movement]] (an 'unusual' religion that was discouraged even more than 'usual' ones by the Soviet government), as well young adults returning from [[Conscription|compulsory military service]] in the [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]] and having become ones of 'the lost generation'. |
The movie speaks about young people who perished as a result of growing up in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] society - their conflicts with parents and society, the patronizing attitudes of their teachers and the authorities, the fear that there is no meaning to their lives. Among the young people portrayed are high-schoolers looking for their place in life, a young mother worried about the future of her daughter after the [[Chernobyl]] catastrophe, a young man follower of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna movement]] (an 'unusual' religion that was discouraged even more than 'usual' ones by the Soviet government), as well young adults returning from [[Conscription|compulsory military service]] in the [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]] and having become ones of 'the lost generation'. |
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| Vai viegli būt jaunam? | |
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| Directed by | Juris Podnieks |
| Written by | Ābrams Kleckins Jevgēnijs Margolins Juris Podnieks |
| Cinematography | Kalvis Zalmancis |
| Edited by | Antra Cilinska |
| Music by | Mārtiņš Brauns |
| Distributed by | Rīgas kinostudija; Jura Podnieka Studija (DVD release, 2007) |
Release date | June 1987 (Kraków Film Festival) |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | .svg){kind=small} Template:FilmLatvia (Latvian SSR) |
| Languages | Latvian, Russian |
Vai viegli būt jaunam? ('Is It Easy to Be Young?') is a Soviet-era Latvian documentary film directed by Juris Podnieks. It was filmed in 1986 with dialog in both Latvian and Russian, and is considered to be among the most controversial movies of its era. It was one of the five winners of the 1987 International Documentary Association awards.[1]
The movie speaks about young people who perished as a result of growing up in Soviet society - their conflicts with parents and society, the patronizing attitudes of their teachers and the authorities, the fear that there is no meaning to their lives. Among the young people portrayed are high-schoolers looking for their place in life, a young mother worried about the future of her daughter after the Chernobyl catastrophe, a young man follower of the Hare Krishna movement (an 'unusual' religion that was discouraged even more than 'usual' ones by the Soviet government), as well young adults returning from compulsory military service in the Soviet war in Afghanistan and having become ones of 'the lost generation'.
The movie had a major impact in the Soviet Union. It was seen by at least 28 million people during its first year. In all, 85 countries bought the rights to show the movie. For a Latvian film, this was an incredible number.
In 1986 the film received Latvian Film Prize for the best documentary. Its international debut was at the 1987 Kraków Film Festival, where it received the FIPRESCI Award.[2] It was also screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival under the Russian-language title Легко ли быть молодым?.[3]
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