This film is a deeply personal view on the life of artist Gustav Klucis, one of the foremost representatives of early 20th century Russian avant-garde art. When his career was at its peak, he fell victim to Stalin's terror. His fate after his arrest in January 1938 was kept secret for many years; the only thing his widow Valentina Kulagina managed to squeeze out of the KGB was the date of his death. Years later, even that bit of information was found to be wrong. This film tells a story in which the controversial life and career of an artist reflects the tragedy of a whole nation during the first decades of the 20th century. (Note courtesy of 2009 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival)

DIR Peteris Krilovs; SCR Pauls Bankovskis; PROD Uldis Cekulis, Jean-François Le Corre. Latvia/France/Greece, 2008, color, 88 min. In English, Latvian and Russian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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