Ruch and Norie

Ruch and Norie (Latvian: Ručs un Norie) is a 2015 Latvian documentary film directed by Ināra Kolmane. The film premiered on 30 April 2015.^[1] It received four Lielais Kristaps film awards, including Best Documentary, Best Director of a Documentary and Best Screenplay.^[2][3]

Ruch and Norie
Film poster
Directed by	Ināra Kolmane
Written by	Ināra Kolmane
Produced by	Jānis Juhņēvičs Ināra Kolmane Marta Mannenbach
Starring	Marija Steimane Norie Tsuruta
Cinematography	Andrejs Verhoustinskis
Edited by	Līga Pipare
Music by	Mārtiņš Miļevskis Rihards Kolmanis Uģis Prauliņš
Release date	30 April 2015 (2015-04-30)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	Latvia
Languages	Latvian, Japanese

Synopsis

Norie Tsuruta, a Japanese anthropology student, travels to Latvia to write her Master's thesis about the Suiti community. There she meets one of the oldest Suiti women Marija Steimane nicknamed Ruch with whom Norie forms a very strong bond that does not fade even when Norie returns to Japan.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result
2015	Lielais Kristaps	Best Documentary	Won
		Best Screenplay (Ināra Kolmane)	Won
		Best Director of a Documentary (Ināra Kolmane)	Won
		Best Cinematography of a Documentary (Andrejs Verhoustinskis)	Won
		Best Editing (Ilvars Veģis, Jānis Juhņēvičs)	Nominated
		Best Sound Editing (Līga Pipare)	Nominated

References

1. "Ruch and Norie". National Film Centre of Latvia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
2. Boyce, Laurence (29 October 2015). "Latvian-Japanese documentary Ruch and Norie wins four Latvian 'Oscars'". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
3. Prombergs, Māris (6 November 2015). "FESTIVALS: Documentary Triumphs at Latvian National Film Festival". Film New Europe Association. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

External links

• Ruch and Norie at IMDb
• Official trailer (in Latvian and English)