Monsieur Taurins

'Monsieur Taurins', 2011

The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich ...

The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich ...

Director

Alexander Hahn

Runtime

93 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Comedy

Keywords

road movie, latvia, multilingual

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Monsieur Taurins

Alexander Hahn, 2011

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Awards

Riga International Film Forum 'Arsenals'

Nominated

2011

Baltic Section

FIPRESCI Prize

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The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich ...

The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich Latvian. On his trip, he befriends the lovesick German Jan who is a proclaimed fan of nuclear power plants. Gunars enjoys the late summer and forgets to complete the task he came for. He gets fired and ends up broke at the seaside in the Bretagne. A highly optimistic film!

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The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich ...

Synopsis

The economic situation in Latvia forces the unemployed German teacher Gunars Taurins (Gundars Abolins) to accept a strange job offer: He is asked to find a house in France for a rich Latvian. On his trip, he befriends the lovesick German Jan who is a proclaimed fan of nuclear power plants. Gunars enjoys the late summer and forgets to complete the task he came for. He gets fired and ends up broke at the seaside in the Bretagne. A highly optimistic film!

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Cast & crew

Cast

Gundars Abolins

Actor

Nicolas Neuhold

Actor/Actress

Randolph Berger

Actor

Crew

Director

Alexander Hahn

Screenwriter

Dace Andzane

Screenwriter

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