A true story of a 17 going on 18 year-old boy called Modris. He’s a guy who goes to school, has a girlfriend and some good friends. He has a small gambling addiction, which makes his relationship with his mother difficult. It’s also hard because the two of them live alone and the mother doesn’t miss a chance to remind him that his father is in prison and that Modris has a bad gene. Their relationship boils over when, in the middle of a Nordic winter, Modris pawns his mother’s electric heater in trying to squeeze a win from a slot machine. She betrays him to the police and Modris is sentenced to two years’ probation. That is when his adventures with the Latvian justice system begin and he sets a new goal: to find the father he has never met.
| Directing | Juris Kursietis | Director |
| Writing | Juris Kursietis | Writer |
| Production | Juris Kursietis | Producer |
| Camera | Bogumił Godfrejów | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Līga Celma-Kursiete | Music |
| Sound | Leandros Ntounis | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katrina Liepa | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilija Eglite | Makeup Designer |
| Editing | Yorgos Mavropsaridis | Editor |
| Production | Ingmar Trost | Co-Producer |
| Production | Vicky Miha | Producer |