Director: Valters Silis (Latvia)
Author: Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce (Latvia)
Actors: Rea Lest ja Henrik Kalmet  (Estonia)

Time when criminals ruled Baltic countries seems to be time of the past. Nowadays it seems that these criminals have been legalizing their organizations and they all have moved into legitimate business, but it might not be so.

“I HAD A COUSIN” is created by director Valters Sīlis collaborating with playwright Rasa Bugavičute – Pēce. Rasa is half Latvian half Lithuanian.This is a story about her and her Lithuanian cousin Deimantas. They grew up together. She grew up to be a writer. He became one of the leading figures in Kaunas mafia, who got killed in 2015 by two Estonian hitmen at age 27.

This is a very personal and touching story, told by the perspective of Rasa and observes how the cousin got more and more involved in organised crime. The performance has an aim to get glimpse of understanding what are the social circumstances and what are the very personal motivations to become king of the world in this way even if it means that your life can be very short.

This is not a typical mafia story. It is poetic, painful and touching caption of relations between people and growing up and growing apart of two young human beings.

Play is in Estonian with Latvian/Lithuanian subtitles