The Sign Painter

The Sign Painter

Three regimes. Two women. One choice.

2020118 min5.9 / 10

A melancholic historical drama about an artist caught between love and the overwhelming forces of political upheaval during WWII, told with both tragic weight and wry distance.

A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his country, his village, his people, and even his heart are swept up in the inexorable currents of history.

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