The plot of the film takes place in the 1930s, when there is an economic crisis. “There are five children in the Cīrulīš family, but father Valdemārs is a poor music teacher who cannot earn enough money with piano lessons to support the family and pay the rent for the apartment to the landlord Skarainis. Of course, there is not enough money for tickets to the concert of the little prodigy Raimondiņš. The children would love to solve this situation, but everything turns into a big mess, and the prodigy’s finger is injured so that he can no longer play music. Valdemar saves the concert, and Raimondiņš’s father offers him a job at his music school,” the plot is presented on the “filmas.lv” portal.
Many of its viewers have memorized both the nice quotes, such as the loud instruction “Only on the edge!”, as well as Ilze Vazdika’s endlessly long-boiled peas and other funny episodes, as well as the love that pervades the film.
In 1993, the film received the Audience Award of the “Lielis Kristaps” National Film Festival, but had its world premiere and received its first award in Frankfurt, at the children’s and youth film festival “LUCAS”, winning the main award and the “Cifej” diploma of the international film association.
“Inga Utena, the godmother of the television musical show “Spiets”, helped director Varis Brasla a lot in choosing the children. She introduced the director to the Zostin family from Smiltene. Their four children became the characters of the film. The fifth family child and child prodigy are played by the students of Dārziņas school – Edgars Eglītis and Kaspars Ādamsons,” the National Archives of Latvia informs on the Facebook platform.
Cast: Dace Evers (Cirulitis), Jānis Paukštello (Cirulitis), Edgars Eglitis (Jancis), Līga Zostiņa (Mildiņa), Lāsma Zostiņa (Maria), Liene Zostiņa (Anna), Ilmārs Zostiņš (Vilis), Kaspars Ādamsons (Raimondiņš), Indra Burkovska (Raimond’s mother), Juris Gornavs (Raimond’s father), Uldis Dumpis (Laimonis Skarainis), Ināra Kalnarāja (Skarainiete), Roberts Beķeris (Arvis Mezaks), Nora Bidere (Konkordija), Vilnis Beķeris, etc.
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The movie “Christmas Jampadracis” was restored in 2022 and now available on the platform redzidzirdilatviju.lv, as well as filmas.lv.
2023-12-23 06:40:45
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