Overview
There are places that we don’t want to know anything about, places that we would rather pretend don’t exist at all. One such place is a dumpsite. From the humans’ point of view, it is a ghastly place, a stinking desert of trash. But it’s a desert that is teaming with life.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Documentary (2005)
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Māris Maskalāns
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Laila PakalninaWriter
- Māris MaskalānsWriter
- Original title
- Leiputrija
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 5, 2004
- Original language
- No Language
- Countries
- Latvia, Germany
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