Ruch and Norie

{{Infobox film

| name = Ruch and Norie

| image = Ruch and Norie poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Ināra Kolmane

| producer = Jānis Juhņēvičs
Ināra Kolmane
Marta Mannenbach

| writer = Ināra Kolmane

| starring = Marija Steimane
Norie Tsuruta

| music = Mārtiņš Miļevskis
Rihards Kolmanis
Uģis Prauliņš

| cinematography = Andrejs Verhoustinskis

| editing = Līga Pipare

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|2015|4|30|df=yes}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = Latvia

| language = Latvian, Japanese

| budget =

}}

Ruch and Norie ({{langx|lv|Ručs un Norie}}) is a 2015 Latvian documentary film directed by Ināra Kolmane. The film premiered on 30 April 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://nkc.gov.lv/en/archive/ruch-norie/ |title=Ruch and Norie |publisher=National Film Centre of Latvia |accessdate=24 December 2020}} It received four Lielais Kristaps film awards, including Best Documentary, Best Director of a Documentary and Best Screenplay.{{cite web |last=Boyce |first=Laurence |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/300781/ |title=Latvian-Japanese documentary Ruch and Norie wins four Latvian 'Oscars' |date=29 October 2015 |publisher=Cineuropa |accessdate=24 December 2020}}{{cite web |last=Prombergs |first=Māris |url=https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/latvia-news/item/111578-festivals-documentary-triumphs-at-latvian-national-film-festival |title=FESTIVALS: Documentary Triumphs at Latvian National Film Festival |date=6 November 2015 |publisher=Film New Europe Association |accessdate=25 January 2020}}

Synopsis

Norie Tsuruta, a Japanese anthropology student, travels to Latvia to write her Master's thesis about the Suiti community. There she meets one of the oldest Suiti women Marija Steimane nicknamed Ruch with whom Norie forms a very strong bond that does not fade even when Norie returns to Japan.