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To Be Unwanted (1976)

Original title: Liekam būt

1976-12-21 · 1h 31m · LV
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Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.

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Vytautas TomkusVytautas TomkusVoldemar Viters / Voldis VitersValdemārs ZandbergsValdemārs ZandbergsLeo Aleksadrs - Kapitan MilitsiiAstrīda KairišaAstrīda KairišaIrena AndavaHarijs LiepiņšHarijs LiepiņšTeksisHelga DancbergaHelga DancbergaSestra VyttersaUldis PūcītisUldis PūcītisPetakUldis DumpisUldis DumpisArnisJuris PlavinsJuris PlavinsBomisSesika KuprashviliSesika KuprashviliGivi (as A. Kupriashvili)Gigola TalakvadzeGigola TalakvadzePochtalonĒvalds ValtersĒvalds ValtersStorozhArturs KalejsArturs KalejsDvornik

Keywords

PrisonerComing out

Movie DNA

Genre affinityThriller · Crime · MysteryTheme affinityPrisoner · Coming OutNarrative complexityMysteryDirector preference465595Actor preference365651 · 375073 · 467184Country preferenceSu

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What is To Be Unwanted about?

Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.

How long is To Be Unwanted?

To Be Unwanted has a runtime of 91 minutes.