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TERMINI

by Laila Pakalnina

synopsis

The final stops of buses, trams and trolleybuses in the suburbs of Riga. “Non-places” with no specific character, where nothing special happens and yet there is no stopping movement. Some people go from here to work or school, others return home. Or they work in their flower and vegetable stalls near the bus stops. Morning, evening, in snow and rain. Weekdays and holidays. Laila Pakalniņa captures their work, waiting and passing, calm and impatient, in tight moving shots. Gints Bērziņš's black and white camera stays at one point, describing a circle that begins and ends nowhere. Ordinary stopping points, which we use without thinking about their function, become important crossroads in a wordless urban symphony, to whose unchanging rhythm the entire metropolis must submit.

original title: Termini
country: Latvia
year: 2024
genre: documentary
directed by: Laila Pakalnina
film run: 71'
cinematography by: Gints Berzins
film editing: Ieva Veiverytė
producer: Laila Pakalnina
production: Hargla Company - Kompanija Hargla

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