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Emily. Queen of the Press

Name: Emily. Queen of the Press
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021-09-23
Rating: 8
Cast: Guna Zariņa, Juris Bartkevičs, Raimonds Celms, Baiba Broka, Lauris Dzelzītis

Emīlija. Latvijas preses karaliene

Drama~55 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

LTV1, Tet TV+

Countries

First aired

2021-09-23

Last aired

2021-10-21

Language

Rating

8.0 / 10

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Synopsis and details

A story about Emīlija Benjamiņa, the “queen of the press” in interwar Latvia, whose wealth and tragic fate have since become folklore. The film’s narrative covers the period from the beginnings of Emīlija’s magazine Atpūta (Recreation), to her arrest and slow demise in a train en route to Siberia. The most prominent clairvoyant of the time - Eugene Fink’s prophecy that Emīlija would die from starvation in a foreign land (which served to be true) weaves through the narrative as a red thread. With this strong woman at the centre of the story, the film shows Latvian society in all its richness and gives the audience the opportunity to meet many well-known historical figures.