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The Red Barn 2025 Directed by Pēteris Krilovs Sarkanais šķūnis

The 20th century dreamt of utopia but instead experienced tragedies. This film looks at San Francisco-based Latvian artist and playwright Raimonds Staprāns’ nearly century-long experience of trying to define life and statehood. It constructs an exact replica of one of his paintings, and asks actors to portray characters from his plays. Keeping in mind the symbolically charged image of the red barn in the painting, it deliberately incites arguments between the actors, the director and the crew about the motivations of the characters as well as alternative actions or decisions that they could have taken but did not.

Country Latvia
Production Country Latvia
Language Latvian
Spoken Language Latvian
Gnere Documentary
Production Company VFS Films
Status Post Production
Release Date 13 October 2025