{
  "id": 18102044,
  "title": "‘Ulya’ Director Dives Into His Third Latvian Oscar Contender, Which Stars a Rising Actor as a Female Basketball Legend and Became a “Blockbuster”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/ulya-director-dives-into-his-third-latvian-oscar-contender-which",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-2027-film-latvia-ulya-basketball-blockbuster-interview-1236745736/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Viesturs Kairišs also shares Herzog and Bergman inspirations for the film, opening Tallinn and starring Kārlis Arnolds Avots as Uljana Semjonova, the first non-U.S. woman in the Basketball Hall of Fame.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}