The renowned children's author Roald Dahl is navigating a particularly challenging summer in 1983. Battling severe back pain, he is working to prepare his novel “The Witches” for publication – a book set to become a bestseller. His family home is undergoing major renovations following his divorce after 30 years of marriage, allowing him to propose to his long-time lover.

GIANT

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After their father’s death, siblings are clearing out the family home. In the attic, they stumble upon a dusty painting – a cityscape of early 20th-century Vienna. The artist's signature is barely legible, but the technique makes it clear that the painter was an amateur, and the piece has little to no artistic value. However, upon closer inspection of the signature, a shocking fact emerges: it was painted by a notorious figure in their youth, someone without whom the previous century in world history would have been entirely different.

Nachtland

Four teachers decide to test a theory by Norwegian psychologist Skårderud about alcohol deficiency in the human body. It proposes that humans are born with a 0.5% blood alcohol content shortage in the body. With scientific spirit and enthusiasm, the coworkers observe how a measured consumption of alcohol improves their social and professional lives – regaining exhausted motivation, self-confidence and connection with their students, but the social experiment soon spirals out of control…

Gints Grāvelis

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