The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Leida LaiusDirector
- Lepo SumeraOriginal Music Composer
- Marina SheptunovaScreenplay
Cast
- Monika RaideMari
- Hendrik ToompereRobi
- Tauri TallermaaTauri
- Katrin TamlehtKatrin
- Kerttu AavingKerttu
- Edith-Helen KuuskMelita
- Siiri SisaskSiiri
- Janika KalmusAnne
- Helle KuningasTeacher
- Mari LillRobi's Mother
- Evald HermakülaMari's Father
- Eduard TinnTauri's Father
Stills
Themes
jealousybased on novel or bookhomesicknesssuicide attemptalcoholismsorrowwoman directorteenage diarymother son relationship