Jelgava '94 (2019)

6.7/10 80 min Drama

Overview

It is year 1994. Spring. In Jelgava – a small town in Latvia. Jānis (14) – behaves well at school, shows interest in all subjects, and studies well. His mother loves him very much. There are exactly two things happening in one day, which change his life completely. One – a new girl, Kristīne (15), comes to his class and attracts everybody’s attention immediately. And second– Kurt Cobain commits suicide. Until this moment Jānis does not know anything neither about Nirvana, nor about Cobain. But very soon he finds out.

Cast

Ieva Puķe

Mother of Jānis

Kaspars Gods

Father of Jānis

Andris Keišs

Sports teacher

Elīna Vaska-Botere

Biology teacher

Jānis Jarāns

Neighbour Askolds

Lasma Kugrena

Alise Dzene

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