Determined Amateurs

The actors of the amateur theatre troupe in the Eastern part of Latvia Latgale live from the heart In their daily life they are rooted in their own land but on stage true to life and funny They are so strong they enjoy laughing at themselves In the plays of their director Danskovīte they do not act they live for real Portraits of the members of the Baltinava amateur theatre troupe Palādas rehearsals and behindscenes of staging the plays Determined Amateurs is the last film by director Olafs Okonovs after his death completed by his son director Aleksandrs Okonovs following Olafs idea