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The Shoe (1998) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1998 · 83 mins · Latvian
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- Directed by
- Laila Pakalnina
- Starring
- Ivars Brakovskis, Jaan Tätte, Vadims Grossmans, Viktors Čestnovs, Andrejs Garnavl, Igors Buraks
In the late 1950s, Soviet border patrols drive tractors along Latvia’s coastline each night, scanning for anyone who might have slipped in from the sea. At dawn, three officers uncover a lone woman’s shoe buried in the sand, with fresh footprints that head toward the small, picturesque town of Liepaja, hinting at a mysterious infiltration.
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