Soviet Milk

“The story reveals in a deeply compassionate way how human nature collides with the totalitarian Soviet regime. My film concept is based on the reflection of interpersonal and social relations as well as historical processes, which are revealed through the lives and viewpoints of two women. By tracing how the restrictions and contradictions of a totalitarian regime shape people's lives and actions, the (im)possibility of personality development under this regime becomes clear.

These motifs are reflected throughout the film; they form its ideological framework and thematize the conflict between the human desire for free self-realization and development and the tendency of the ruling political regime’s omnipresent control.

The film consists of two chapters, each showing a different point of view—the mother’s and the daughter’s. In this way, it is easy to see the absurd Soviet system and the fates of the people through the eyes of an adult who has lost her ideals, but at the same time from the perspective of a child. Each chapter contains events from different periods of time, showing, on the one hand, the mother's powerlessness as an individual in the face of the regime and, on the other hand, the story of a growing child with her faith in the future.”

Ināra Kolmane