After the collapse of socialism, Karlis (62) and Inese (41) have found themselves at the bottom of the social ladder. They dwell in an illegally built garden shed in the outskirts of the city surviving on a single retiring allowance and on the leftovers of other people. They are growing scraggy vegetables, picking mushrooms, gathering windfallen branches for fuel, and breeding rain worms for anglers. Everything they put their hands to falls through. They have a bunch of cats that continuously bring forth new kitten. The life of the worms turns out to be unexpectedly exciting…

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National Film Award Lielais Kristaps for the Best feature length documentary

Best Documentary within the Baltic Film Competition at the 18th International Film Forum “ARSENALS”, Riga