A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve
| A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve | |
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| Directed by | Jānis Streičs |
| Written by | Māra Svīre |
| Starring | Lilita Bērziņa Olga Dreģe Ēvalds Valters Uldis Dumpis Diāna Zande |
| Cinematography | Harijs Kukels |
| Edited by | Margarita Surdeko |
| Music by | Raimonds Pauls |
| Distributed by | Riga Film Studio |
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Running time | 83 min |
| Country | Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Languages | Latvian, Russian |
A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve (Latvian: Limuzīns Jāņu nakts krāsā, Russian: Лимузин цвета белой ночи, romanized: Lymuzyn tsveta beloy nochy) is a 1981 Soviet-Latvian comedy-drama film directed by Jānis Streičs. Movie was produced by Riga Film Studio. The film was awarded the Latvian National Film Prize Lielais Kristaps in 1981. The film is part of Latvian Culture and was voted the all-time best Latvian film. It is shown every year on TV before the summer solstice festival of Jāņi, a national holiday in Latvia. The movie is about the struggle of two related families for their eighty-year-old aunt's inheritance through comic and romantic events.