Midsummer Madness (2007 film)

Midsummer Madness (Latvian: Jāņu nakts) is a 2007 film telling 6 different stories all taking place in Latvia during the Latvian national festivities of Jāņi. One of the stories shows a French woman (played by Maria de Medeiros) who brings the ashes of her late husband to Latvia, believing it to be the same country as Lithuania as she wants to spread her husband's ashes near the Hill of Crosses, which is in Lithuania. She eventually gets to the hill of crosses and this shows the only part of the film outside of Latvia.

Midsummer Madness
Directed byAlexander Hahn
Written byJoe W. Wrist
Story byAlexander Hahn
StarringOrlando Wells
Gundars Āboliņš
Maria de Medeiros
Dominique Pinon
Chulpan Khamatova
CinematographyJerzy Palacz
Music byKlaus Hundsbichler
Release date
  • 12 October 2007 (2007-10-12) (Austria)
Running time
94 mins.
CountriesLatvia
Lithuania
Austria
LanguagesLatvian
English
Russian
French
Budget$3,500,000 (estimated)

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