Country: Latvia
Director: Ināra Kolmane
Principal cast: Maija Doveika, Elīna Vaska-Botere, Rūta Kronberga , Indra Briķe, Inga Tropa, Juris Lisners, Elīna Vāne, Ģirts Krūmiņš, Jānis Znotiņš, Zane Bierande, Aleksejs Gorbunovs, Baiba Broka, Lauris Subatnieks, Jekaterina Frolova, Daiga Kažociņa
Screenwriter: Arvis Kolmanis
Producers: Jānis Juhņēvičs, Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone
Language: Latvian, Russian (with English subtitles)
Runtime: 112 mins
Synopsis:
Based on a true story and the global bestseller by Nora Ikstena, Soviet Milk is a female-led drama about resilience and sacrifice set against the backdrop of Soviet-occupied Latvia & spanning four decades from 1945 to 1989.
Living in the repressive Soviet regime, the ambitious and promising doctor Astra loses everything – career, will to live, even mother’s instinct to breastfeed her baby. However, the teenage daughter Nora becomes her key supporter while learning to live in the harsh Soviet era herself.
