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Inga Can Hear

A coming-of-age story of a girl caught between two worlds

A story about the 15-year old Inga, a girl caught between two worlds. Being the only hearing member of a deaf family residing in the remote Latvian countryside, Inga has been the family’s interpreter in the hearing world since the age of seven. Her role in the family has forced her to grow up very quickly and her personality fluctuates between a responsible young woman and a moody teenager. Inga is about to graduate from middle school and has to make a decision on what to do next. Inga’s head is full of questions. To pursue a career as an actress? To become a firefighter? What will happen to the family, for whom she has sometimes been the only link to the outside world?

1h2018

Latvian

Crew and Cast

Storyline

A story about the 15-year old Inga, a girl caught between two worlds. Being the only hearing member of a deaf family residing in the remote Latvian countryside, Inga has been the family’s interpreter in the hearing world since the age of seven. Her role in the family has forced her to grow up very quickly and her personality fluctuates between a responsible young woman and a moody teenager. Inga is about to graduate from middle school and has to make a decision on what to do next. Inga’s head is full of questions. To pursue a career as an actress? To become a firefighter? What will happen to the family, for whom she has sometimes been the only link to the outside world?

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Info

Original title
Inga dzird
Status
Released
Released
1 October 2018
Runtime
1h

Production

Director
Kaspars Goba
Writers
Kaspars Goba
Studios
Rucka Art Foundation, Exitfilm, Elm Media
Countries
Estonia, Latvia

Languages

Original
Latvian
Spoken
Latvian