Based on a true story and the global bestseller by Nora Ikstena, "Soviet Milk” (“Mātes piens”) is a female-led drama about resilience and sacrifice set against the backdrop of Soviet-occupied Latvia & spanning four decades from 1945 to 1989.
Living in the repressive Soviet regime, the ambitious and promising doctor Astra loses everything – career, will to live, and even mother’s instinct to breastfeed her baby. However, the teenage daughter Nora becomes her key supporter while learning to live in the harsh Soviet era herself.
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