The Sign Painter (Latgalian: Piļsāta pi upis, Latvian: Pilsēta pie upes – 'city by the river') is a 2020 Latvian historical drama directed by Viestur Kairish.
The film premiered on 15 January 2020 in Latvia[1] and on 19 November 2020 internationally at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
[2] The Sign Painter is a tragicomedy about a young Latvian man, Ansis, with simple dreams: to marry Zisele, the free-spirited and beautiful daughter of a local Jewish merchant, and to pursue a career as an artist whilst supporting himself as a sign painter.
But his dreams are repeatedly swept away in the tumultuous tides of serial totalitarian occupation of his home during World War II.
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