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Midsummer Madness

Country: Latvia | UK | Austria | Russia, Language: English | Latvian | Russian | French, 94 mins

  • Director: Alexander Hahn
  • Writer: Alexander Mahler; Norman Hudis
  • Producer: Dzintars Belogrudovs; Uli Mueller-Uri

CGiii Comment

Crazy multi-national production - crazy amount of languages, crazy characters and a crazier story.

But, does it work?

It turns out to be a colourful catastrophe - a shoddy attempt at cross-culturalism - most nations come across as complete buffoons.

There is room for vast improvement when it comes to east/west productions - this just does not work.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Janu Nakts (St. John's Night) is a traditional Latvian celebration during which family and friends gather to build bonfires, barbecue, drink and generally have a good time. According to legend, lovers and those who would like to fall in love, can search the woods for the "magic fern" on this night. This magic fern serves as the focus and pivotal point of the six stories in "Midsummer Madness" It is also a metaphor for the film's underlying theme - finding love. "MIDSUMMER MADNESS " is reflected in the recurring element of the magic fern, a metaphor (both in the film and in real life) for love. The question posed by the film is: can a search for love ever be successful? Each story deals with this question. An answer is provided at the film's conclusion in a humorous and unforgettable way: we see the legendary fern, glowing magically in a meadow. It exists after all!

Cast & Characters

Orlando Wells as Curt;
Gundars Abolins as Oskars;
Maria de Medeiros as Livia;
Dominique Pinon as Toni;
Chulpan Khamatova as Aida;
Tobias Moretti as Peteris;
Victor McGuire as Mike;
Detlev Buck as Axel;
Roland Duringer as Karl;
Birgit Minichmayr as Maja;
Daniil Spivakovsky as Foma;
Aurelija Anuzhite as Natasha;
Dainis Porgants as Purvinsh;
Yevgeni Sitokhin as Leonid;
Imbi Strenga as Marite