Roads End

Roads End is the story of Daina who lives in Latgale in Eastern Latvia close by the Russian border She lives two miles from the nearest road with no electricity or running water The roof has collapsed She is completely dependent upon herself in order to cope with her everyday life Dainas children have both emigrated her son to Norway and her daughter to Italy When she feels lonely she goes to her husbands grave and sits there talking with him as if he were still alive Roads end is a both poetic and existential film about choices we make in life about obstinacy love and betrayal