BLACK NIGHTS 2021 First Feature Competition
EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn Black Nights First Feature Competition title Troubled Minds
by Cineuropa
- Raitis and Lauris Abele’s debut feature attempts to explore what happens to your life once you start playing with your mind
Brothers Robert and Martin are one month away from their largest art exhibition. To get their creative juices flowing, Martin locks himself in a black cube. Once he is out, the brothers tumble onto a wild roller-coaster of events teetering on the very edge of chaos.
In their debut feature, Troubled Minds [+see also:
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The main cast of this feature includes Toms Auninš, Marcis Lacis, Daniela Vetra, Juris Zagars, Darta Danevica and Marija Skangale.
Troubled Minds is a Tritone Studio presentation, with backing from the National Film Centre of Latvia and Jurmala City Council.
Check out our exclusive trailer below:
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