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  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Blizzard of Souls pays stark witness to the horrors and brutality of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of an innocent 17-year-old farm-boy turned soldier. Though he is underage, and his dad, a former marksman, is overage for the army, they are both conscripted into one of Latvia’s first national battalions. The thrill of trai...

Directed By: Dzintars Dreibergs

Written By: Boris Frumin, Aleksandrs Grins

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 44 m

Blizzard of Souls

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Blizzard of Souls pays stark witness to the horrors and brutality of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of an innocent 17-year-old farm-boy turned soldier. Though he is underage, and his dad, a former marksman, is overage for the army, they are both conscripted into one of Latvia’s first national battalions. The thrill of trai...

Directed By: Dzintars Dreibergs

Written By: Boris Frumin, Aleksandrs Grins

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
63
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
63
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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85
Jan 14, 2021
Despite minor hang-ups, Blizzard of Souls is a great war movie with a story that needs to be shared.
FULL REVIEW
75
The filmmakers are unafraid of the picturesque, lighting scenes so they resemble old-master canvases.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 7, 2021
Even with a thinly drawn lead, Blizzard of Souls maintains an undeniably raw power as a small country’s coming-of-age story, told through a bright-eyed wannabe hero and forged in a maelstrom of death and disillusionment.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 4, 2021
The imagery is epic and dreamlike at the same time, the battleground covered in mist, grain stubble, snow.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 8, 2021
Dreibergs excels with his measured but immersive set pieces—like one that unravels in a snowy landscape at night, best exemplifying his directorial brawn.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 4, 2021
Brantevics convincingly portrays Arturs’ four-year transformation from a callow youth to a war-weary one, but as a national coming-of-age story, The Rifleman never quite outgrows its innocent, uncritical patriotism.
By Ellen E Jones FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 7, 2021
“Blizzard” is almost immaculately shot and edited, but its good-taste approach to warfare, along with its treacly music score by Lolita Ritmanis, underscores what seems its main reason for being: a relentless “Go, Latvia!” agenda — which has extended to its marketing here.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kultfilma, Mnibus Entertainment
Release Date Jan 8, 2021
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline A sixteen-year-old Arturs enlists to fight in WWI with dreams of becoming a hero, but after surviving the brutalities of trench warfare and the loss of his family, he wonders if his efforts in battle were futile and if hope is only to be found in rebuilding a family and a home as Latvia itself is born from the atrocities of war.
Website https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/24/the-rifleman-review
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Awards

Latvian National Film Festival
• 6 Wins & 10 Nominations
WorldFest Houston
• 2 Nominations
Fimucite Festival Internacional de Musica de Cine de Tenerife
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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