Fake Me A Happy New Year

Anita and her children, Santa and Kristaps, live in an apartment in Riga. Every year, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with grandma, uncle Peter and a feast fit for kings…

Cast

Baiba Broka

as Mother

Zane Aļļēna

Kārlis Tols

as Kristaps

Anta Krūmiņa

as grandma

Jānis Skanis

as uncle Peter

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