Kirsitubakas

Cherry Tobacco is a film about a small town girl Laura who is always bored. Her mother gets on her nerves, boys her age are stupid and every activity seems childish. One day Laura’s energetic friend Merit asks her to join her on a hike to a bog led by a middle-aged nature-lover Joosep. The beginning of the trip is anything but promising: the relationship between the reserved girl and the outgoing Joosep, who tries to impress the hiking party with his hillbilly style and bizarre rituals, becomes tense. Much to her own surprise, Laura discovers that as time goes past, she becomes enchanted by the rugged charm of Joosep. The quest is nearing its irrefutable end and Laura has to decide whether the relationship with an older man is a mere stop in the winding road of becoming a woman or is this her very first love. (Estonian Film Institute)