Overview
The Hostage is a 2006 Latvian-Estonian comedy film directed by Laila Pakalniņa.
Cast
Branko Završan - Hijacker
Kristaps Mednis - Tom
Ieva Puķe - Mother
Pauls Butkevics - Antons
Ivars Brakovskis - Visvaldis
Valdis Liepiņš - Detective
Kaljo Kiisk - Old man
Jaan Rekkor - Coach
Jēkabs Nākums - Self
Maija Apine
Rūdolfs Plēpis
Imants Strads
Release
The Hostage was screened at the 2006 Warsaw International Film Festival in Poland.
Awards
The film received the following awards:
2007: Kinoshock - Open Film Festival for states of the CIS and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Anapa, Russia), best operator work: Arko Okk
2007: The National Film Festival Lielais Kristaps (Latvia), best artist's work: Jurģis Krāsons; several nominations in other categories
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