Directed by Oskars Rupenheits • 2025 • Latvia
Riga in the wild post-Soviet nineties. Enter rookie detective Romāns Skulte (Raitis Stūrmanis), whose commitment to justice makes him a marked man in a world where drug traffickers and racketeers rule the streets under the protection of crooked cops. This gritty, slow-burning police thriller from Oskars Rupenheits brings a Baltic chill to the gangster classics of Martin Scorsese, a morality play intercut with tense action sequences, double-crosses, and hard-nosed humour.
RED CODE BLUE • TUMŠZILAIS EVAŅĢĒLIJS
Written and directed by Oskars Rupenheits
Cinematography by Juris Pīlēns
Music by Pēteris Vasks and Ugis Praulins
Starring: Raitis Stūrmanis, Viesturs Berkmanis, Elīna Avotiņa
In Latvian and Russian with English subtitles
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