To Be Unwanted

To Be Unwanted (Liekam būt, 1977) is a Latvian crime drama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Aloizs Brenčs, it follows Voldis Viters — forty-six and freshly out after seven years in prison.

No family waits for him, no job. A local policeman and Irēna, a sharp-eyed taxi driver, push him toward a clean start. Then the crime boss Teksis floats one last score: knock over a small jewelry shop. Voldis tells himself it ends there. Vytautas Tomkus and Astrīda Kairiša lead a Riga Film Studio picture about how quietly a man's resolve can crack when the past holds him tighter than any handcuffs. Stream it on iFILM.