Documentary
2019
Ieva revisis her father, the Soviet spy
Synopsis
As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lešinskis, then working in the Soviet mission at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a dark spy game, Ieva was forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of events which have their roots over four decades ago.
Director
Ieva Ozoliņa
Countries
Latvia, Germany, Czech Republic
Runtime
85'
Status
Released
Co-producers
Kick Film (Germany), 8Heads Productions (Czech Republic), PIMIK (Estonia)
Festivals & awards
Premiere: Scheffield Documentary Film Festival
Inside the film
Credits
Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grūbe
Set Designer: Kristīne Jurjāne
Editor: Armands Začs
Associate Producer: Inese Boka-Grūbe
Co-Producer: Jorg Bundschuh (Germany), Julietta Sichel (Czech Republic), Jaak Klimi (Estonia)
Producer: Gints Grūbe, Antra Gaile
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