The historic post-communist transformations in Latvia shown through the lives of Latvians living in a small side street on the outskirts of Riga. Daiga, Aldis, Osis are all protagonists of “Crossroad Street,” a film shot a decade before “New Times at Crossroad Street.” In this film, the filmmaker returns to them in order to reflect upon the changes in their micro-world which, in the end, serves to highlight the wider transformations in Latvia.
The historic post-communist transformations in Latvia shown through the lives of Latvians living in a small side street on the outskirts of Riga. Daiga, Aldis, Osis are all protagonists of “Crossroad Street,” a film shot a decade before “New Times at Crossroad Street.” In this film, the filmmaker returns to them in order to reflect upon the changes in their micro-world which, in the end, serves to highlight the wider transformations in Latvia.