Rocks in my pocket (2014)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Signe Baumane
	Actors: None
	Country: LV, USA
	Genre: Animation
	Conditions of visioning: 24.09.2014, Trueba 2, FSSDZ2014, English with Spanish subtitles
Synopsis: A fantastical tale based on true events, about five women of Signe Baumane's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and madness.
Review: The stories are true, explained with humour and respect. We travel also through the tumultuous history of Latvia, over Tsarism, Sovietism, Nizism and again Sovietism. This makes out of the family tale a kind of saga like the Dostoievski full of quotes à la Dostoievski. I loved that and this makes of Baumane a great story teller. The directing mixes animation with modeling clay and illustrations. Main problem in an animation movie is that the voice must fit. And the voice of Baumane is terrible. There is a lot of emotion. Fine. But the voice felt like a torture to me. With a few changes this would be a 8/10 worth.
Rating: 6 /10