Loss
“If you can't change your past, change your future!”
Cast
Valda Bickute Kostas Smoriginas Dalia Micheleviciute Andrius Mamontovas Daiva Tamosiunaite Gelmis Naujikas
Credits
Written by: 
Maris Martinsons
Plot
A mentally ill young woman Valda convinces herself that a boy growing up in an orphanage is her child. Following the footsteps of a thousands Lithuanians, she immigrates to Ireland to earn money to save him.
Sinekatalog’s take
A bleak Latvian drama about a mentally fragile woman who believes an orphan is her child and migrates to earn money for him. It turns economic migration into something intimate and sad. A sober, affecting watch for those who like quiet social realism.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Shanghai International Film Festival 2008: Best Director (Golden Goblet Award for Best Director) — Māris Martinsons
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,048 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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