The Sign Painter


The Sign Painter is a 2020 historical drama film written and directed by Latvian filmmaker Viestur Kairish. The film premiered on 15 January 2020 in Latvia and on 19 November 2020 internationally at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Plot

The Sign Painter is a tragicomedy about a young Latgalian man, Ansis, with the dream to marry Zisele, the daughter of a local Jewish merchant, and to pursue a career as an artist whilst supporting himself as a sign painter through and the subsequent Soviet, German and Soviet occupations of Latvia during World War II.