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Converts

Converts

2016•35m
DramaThriller

Maija is a young and ambitious journalist who wants to do something that no other journalist has dared. In order to conduct a groundbreaking research on Daesh, she pretends to be an Islamic convert and tries to join them.

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Production

Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija

Language

LV

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Agnese Budovska

Agnese Budovska

Maija, female journalist

Klāvs Mellis

Klāvs Mellis

Juris

Igors Šelegovskis

Igors Šelegovskis

Anrijs

Lauma Balode

Masha

Emīls Krūmiņš

Umars

Zamilidin Amirdinovs

Ahmeds

Āris Matesovičs

Āris Matesovičs

Customs officer

Dmitrijs Scegolevs

Mustafa

Ruta Vītiņa

Maija's mother

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