Movie Details
Original Language:Latvian
Production Companies:Latvijas Televizija Documentarian
The Misunderstood
DirectorIvars Zviedris
26 minDocumentary
Plot
An attempt to understand the people chanting Atlaist Saeimu Sack the parliament year after year Though rarely attracting a great deal of notice there are always individuals collecting signatures for a referendum to dissolve the parliament for one reason or another or simply standing outside the building and reciting their familiar mantra Latvian governments change fairly often but the parliament has been dissolved in line wth the Constitution only once in 2010 in 1934 it was dissolved unconstitutionally following a coup by Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis The actual parliament building in Old Rīga was however attacked in January 2009 during a very rare violent protest which precipitated the fall of Ivars Godmanis cabinet The documentary zips back and forth in time giving portraits of various different people and political forces pushing the idea to Atlaist Saeimu for different reasons
