The Chronicles of Melanie

The Chronicles of Melanie
Directed byViesturs Kairišs
Produced byInese Boka-Grūbe
Gints Grūbe
StarringSabine Timoteo
CinematographyGints Bērziņš
Edited byJussi Rautaniemi[1]
Music byArturs Maskats
Kārlis Auzāns
Aleksandrs Vaicahovskis
Release dates
  • 1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)
(Latvia)[1]
  • 21 November 2016 (2016-11-21)
(International)[2]
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryLatvia
LanguagesLatvian
Russian
Box office$5,227[3]

The Chronicles of Melanie (Latvian: Melānijas hronika) is a 2016 Latvian biographical drama film directed by Viesturs Kairišs, starring Sabine Timoteo. The film is based on the real life of Melānija Vanaga.[4] It was produced by Latvia's Mistrus Media and co-produced by the Czech Republic's 8Heads Productions and Finland's Inland Film Company.[1]

Two weeks after its domestic release on November 1 the film was watched by 35,000 people, making it the most-watched Latvian film of 2016.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "The Chronicles of Melanie". National Film Centre of Latvia. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ ""Chronicles of Melanie" to premiere". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. November 1, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Chronicles of Melanie (Melanijas hronika)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Collier, Mike (May 11, 2015). "Classic work of the Gulag now in English". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  5. ^ ""Chronicles of Melanie" most watched Latvian film". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. November 17, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2017.