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ROCKS IN MY POCKETS

Director:

  Signe Baumane
  

Year Released:

  2014

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

n/a out of 5

Key Performances:

  Signe's Mother
  Grandparents
  Aunts/Uncles
  Female Cousins
  Lovers/Spouses
Movie Haiku:Latvian animator with a long list of shorts releases her first feature length film--a chronicle of mental illness played out against 20th Century Latvian history including economic booms/busts, invasions by Nazis/Russians, & life in the former Soviet Union. Female relatives fall in love & get pregnant, then succumb to depression & suicide. NOT YET SEEN BY RICH.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2014