Lohengrin from Varka Kru (2009)

Original title: Loengrīns no Varka Kru

A creative a portrait of Latvian luger and Olympic medal winner, Martins Rubenis, who won Latvia’s first Winter Olympic medal in Turin in 2006. Apart from his success in sports, in the circles of contemporary alternative culture he is known as DJ Betons from the association Varka Kru (Varka – from Russian "boiling", Kru – from English "crew"). Like the medieval knight Lohengrin, Martins Rubenis arrives in his luge to fight a battle - with an adversary, with himself, with time and the world.