Puhastus
Regie:
Antti J. JokinenKamera:
Rauno RonkainenMusik:
Tuomas KantelinenBesetzung:
Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén, Kristjan Sarv, Krista Kosonen, Tommi Korpela, Sonja Nüganen, Kaisa Kaljusaar, Laura Kiis (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Die zur Prostitution gezwungene junge Zara entflieht ihrem russischen Zuhälter und wird in Estland von der einsamen Alten Aliide auf ihrem abgelegenen Bauernhof aufgefunden. Anfangs hält sich die Einsiedlerin ihren Findling weit vom Leib, doch immer deutlicher erinnert sie das geschundene Mädchen an ihre vergessene Schwester. Aliide nimmt die verfolgte Zara schließlich in ihre Obhut, so sehr sie auch fürchtet, dass diese in ihr die qualvollen Erinnerungen an die Stalin-Ära wieder wachrufen könnte. (arte)
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It was good. Who would have expected this from the director of The Resident.
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This Finnish-Estonian film is actually Finland in person in an Estonian coat. By which I mean Finnish actors in an Estonian setting. And I’ve got to say hats off for such cooperation. The Scandinavian boys did a good job by mixing a WWII plotline with a story from today’s sometimes rather harsh reality. The film is not nice to watch, it’s rather gloomy and can get you pretty upset. But maybe this is the exact reason why it’s able to captivate the audience so much. The atmosphere is great, the setting is amazing and the fault I can find lies maybe with the narrative of those two stories. At times, I found it overly complicated, but I guess those stories are like that sometimes. Apart from that, it’s a great film.
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An interesting watch that convinced me that life in Estonia was, is, and probably will be, hard. The film has two storylines, a wartime (or post-war) one where the Estonians return against their will to the all-encompassing arms of their eastern "brother", and an almost contemporary storyline. The atmosphere of the film is perfectly bleak, the story raw and brutal. It doesn't get boring for even a second. A great film.
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