| The Sign Painter | |
| Director: | Viestur Kairish |
| Producer: | Guntis Trekteris Julietta Sichel Kęstutis Drazdauskas Peter Ragauss |
| Starring: | Dāvis Suharevskis Gundars Āboliņš Agnese Cīrule Juozas Budraitis Brigita Cmuntova |
| Music: | Juste Janulytė |
| Cinematography: | Gints Bērziņš |
| Editing: | Armands Začs |
| Distributor: | EastWest Distribution |
| Runtime: | 118 minutes |
| Country: | Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania |
| Language: | Latgalian, Latvian, German, Russian, Yiddish |
| Budget: | EUR 1.5 million |
The Sign Painter (Piļsāta pi upis, Latvian: Pilsēta pie upes – 'city by the river') is a 2020 Latvian historical drama directed by Viestur Kairish. The film premiered on 15 January 2020 in Latvia[1] and on 19 November 2020 internationally at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.[2]
The Sign Painter is a tragicomedy about a young Latvian man, Ansis, with simple dreams: to marry Zisele, the free-spirited and beautiful daughter of a local Jewish merchant, and to pursue a career as an artist whilst supporting himself as a sign painter. But his dreams are repeatedly swept away in the tumultuous tides of serial totalitarian occupation of his home during World War II.