Latvian Coyote
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An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European Union border. It is a game with no winner – all participants are driven to play by the sense of despair. While one side leaves home and undertakes a perilous journey to the other side of the globe, hoping to spend the rest of their lives in a free country, the other side risks their freedom to earn a chance to stay right where they are, in their homeland. *coyote – someone who smuggles illegal immigrants
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-12-01
Runtime: 69 mins
Director: Ivars Zviedris
Writer: Ivars Zviedris, Haralds Ozols
Spoken language: Latviešu
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Latvian Coyote
Production Companies: Documentarian
Production Countries: Latvia
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