mental illness
‘My life in a nutshell is thoughts about sex every 9 seconds and being depressed every 12 seconds’
Latvian animator Signe Baumane has battled depression for most of her life — a battle that was made even more difficult by the oppressive culture of the Soviet Union. But when she discovered her depression had hereditary roots, she decided to make a film about the illness, one that’s surreal, dark and funny all at once.