There is a popular Latvian folksong which begins with the phrase “I was singing out high on a mountain”. The irony of it is that according to physical geography there are no mountains in Latvia. So what exactly is the place where the Latvians are “singing out”? It may be safely said now that it is the same place where they are skiing. That’s how we make mountains out of molehills... Snow-covered mountains, to be sure. Snow Crazy is a film about ski madness in a mountainless country. An amusing, self-ironic and surreal portrait of people determined to satisfy their craving.
Director
Laila Pakalnina
Born in Lithuania, in 1986 she graduated in television journalism at the University of Moscow and in 1991 in direction at the Moscow Film Institute. A director and screenwriter, she has made 21 documentaries, 5 short films and three full-length fiction films. Her more recent works include “Silence” (2009), “Stones” (2008) and “Fire” (2007).
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