Causes and effects

Directed by Varis Krūmiņš

With Alfons Kalpaks, Luijs Šmits, Ludvigs Bārs, Dzidra Ritenberga and Astra Baumane

This screen adaptation of Andrejs Upītis' novella marks the debut in Latvian cinema of two of the first graduates of the Moscow Film Institute - director Varis Krūmiņš and cinematographer Māris Rudzītis. An egg comes out of a shopping bag and breaks in the street, triggering a chain of events that entangles the accountant Krastiņš, his fiancée Ada, a minister, a poet, a critic, a minister and other members of the highest circles...