The Pit

Markuss goes to live with his grandmother in the countryside. Adapting to the new arrangement is not easy for him. Emīlija, the daughter of a neighbour, says contemptuous things about his father. The boy answers that in a cruel way. What he does has severe consequences. Word of it travels through the whole village. Everyone starts looking at Markuss differently. The person he can talk to is an old sailor in the woods. The man lives outside the village, among the trees. The two of them teach each other new things. They keep each other’s secrets as well. Meanwhile the mother of Emīlija is preparing sanctions against the boy. An unexpected turn of events changes the whole balance. The standing of Markuss in the village is transformed along with it. Damirs Onackis and Agata Buzek appear in the ninety minute film, a Finnish and Latvian co-production Dace Pūce finished in 2020.