Agate Marija Bukša

Five women share their life stories with each other. They all have one thing in common: they were written by the renowned Latvian writer and master of realism Rūdolfs Blaumanis.

“TESA MAN” is a music film – a poetic exploration of the relationship between collective creativity and the natural world. The film blurs the lines between reality and imagination, inviting viewers into an animistic experience where music performed by the band Tesa in a frozen Baltic landscape attempts to transform air, steam, ash and clay into something much more alive.

A desperate middle-aged alcoholic and a heartbroken young woman escape from a psychiatric hospital and embark on an absurd journey through the nighttime streets of Riga to save a cat and, perhaps, themselves as well.

Drowning in unpaid bills, an actress-slash-waitress hatches a plan to rob her workplace. When the heist goes wrong, she must give the performance of a lifetime to clear her name.

From true events to total fantasy. From comedy to horror. Latvian Song and Dance Festival Celebration in the vision of six Latvian directors.