Distraction for the Soul

Based on the novel by same name by Vladimir Makanin. A cabinetmaker falls in love with a poetess who is courted by a university professor. The cabinetmaker has a wife and two high school sons. He is confronted with a difficult choice between family and beloved woman...

• Andris RozenbergsDirector
• Juris KarlsonsOriginal Music Composer
• Valery TodorovskyWriter

• Valentina TelichkinaAlevtina Nesterova
• Vladimir MenshovMikhailov
• Girts JakovlevsYuri Strepetov
• Galina MakarovaAlevtina's Mother
• Regīna RazumaStrepetov's Wife
• Gunta VirkavaAlevtina's Friend