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Chronicles of the Last Temple

The film poetically observes and records the construction of the new Latvian National Library, the most controversial and long-discussed edifice in modern Latvian history. Twenty years after the first sketches, it has become the most expensive public building in Riga, as well as an object of both protests and radical attacks, and a never-ending debate of its visual qualities. Three characters: the chief architect, a jib-crane operator, and a protester, have been chosen to reveal the eternal conflict between the greatness of conception and mass sacrifice in the name of obscure ideas.


Dāvis Sīmanis

Latvian filmmaker and theorist Dāvis Sīmanis was born in 1980. Studied history and philosophy at Latvian University. Now works as a documentary film director, editor and lecturer. Writes articles to the magazines “Rīgas Laiks” and “Studija”. He has directed several poetic documentaries and experimental films. His field of interest as an academic researcher is the representation of history in film.

Filmography

Sounds under the Sun / Pasaules skana (2010)
Valkyrie Limited (2009)
The Draughtsman / Zīmētājs (2007) 

Information

Director and Scriptwriter: Dāvis Sīmanis
Cinematography: Andrejs Rudzāts
Music: Voldemārs Johansons
Sound: Normunds Kļaviņš, Anrijs Krenbergs
Film Editing: Dāvis Sīmanis
Producer: Guntis Trekteris
Production: Ego Media
Latvia, 2013, 58 min.