This is an amusing and engaging story of two semi-successful, creative millennials, who meet by chance on the way to celebrate the summer solstice. He's an actor in a local TV serial wondering if it will be renewed for another season, dreaming of Hollywood, and in the process of getting divorced. She's a children's book illustrator turning down a contract due to lack of creative control, and single. The story progresses through three consecutive Midsummer celebrations, which bring the pair into contact with oddball characters and old flames. It's not clear how much of an ongoing relationship they share during the year between each of the encounters shown in the film. They get to know each other better, and they express their hopes and frustrations with themselves, their exes, and each other. By the end of the film, he's more ready for a commitment than she is.
There were a few laugh-out-loud moments and many smiles and snickers. We saw it in Latvian, and I don't know if there is a sub-tiled version available. There is language-specific humor, such as puns, and cultural references that may be lost on non-Latvians. We enjoyed it very much.
I noticed none of the technical gaffes the previous reviewer mentioned. There was nothing in this film that distracted me from the story as it was presented. The movie did very well what it set out to do. Nothing spectacular or exceptional happens, but you get to know and empathize with both the two main characters, warts and all.
There were a few laugh-out-loud moments and many smiles and snickers. We saw it in Latvian, and I don't know if there is a sub-tiled version available. There is language-specific humor, such as puns, and cultural references that may be lost on non-Latvians. We enjoyed it very much.
I noticed none of the technical gaffes the previous reviewer mentioned. There was nothing in this film that distracted me from the story as it was presented. The movie did very well what it set out to do. Nothing spectacular or exceptional happens, but you get to know and empathize with both the two main characters, warts and all.
