River of Fear

This is one of those completely underrated films that you watch without any expectations and it ends up being a surprise, a good surprise. "Upurga", Latvian for "victim", is a very well-directed thriller. Despite being a simple film, Ugis Olte manages to construct a narrative that combines fable and cinematography in an "almost" great film, as I wrote in the title. It reminds a bit "The Blair Witch Project" or "Under The Skin". In fact, the film has a chain that generates a permanent feeling of continuity until the end and despite having a convincing ending, it seems like it could continue as if it were a series. It is interesting to see the difference in the dramaturgy of a little-known country like Latvia, both in the script, direction and acting, subtly different from the pasteurized cinema of the West but without the idiosyncrasies and corniness of more oriental works such as Korean or Arab ones. It's worth watching.