Idioot / The Idiot

Based on the book by F. Dostojevski

A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness.

Awards

  • Annual Award of Estonian Cultural Endowment / Rainer Sarnet and Mart Taniel
  • Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment / Special Prize – Actress of The Year: Katariina Unt
  • Black Nights Film Festival – Tridens Baltic Film Competition / Best Cinematographer: Mart Taniel
  • European Film Festival / International Critic’s Jury Award for Best Film in Parallels & Encounters Programme
  • IDIOOT / The Idiot
  • Director: Rainer Sarnet
  • Genre: drama
  • 16mm / color / DolbySR / 120′
  • Production country: Estonia
  • Release: Autumn 2011

Crew:

  • Producer:
    Katrin Kissa
  • Cinematographer:
    Mart Taniel
  • Production designer:
    Jaagup Roomet
  • Sound designer:
    Ivo Felt
  • Editor:
    Tambet Tasuja
  • Composer:
    Ülo Krigul

Main cast:

  • Risto Kübar / Katariina Unt / Tambet Tuisk / Ragne Veensalu / Ain Lutsepp / Taavi Eelmaa / Juhan Ulfsak / Kaido Veermäe jt.

Production company:

  • Homeless Bob Production (EST)

Technical:

  • Year of production: 2011
  • Genre: drama
  • Length: 123’
  • Format: 16mm
  • Format: 1:1,85
  • Color: color
  • Sound: Dolby SR
  • Language: Estonian

Festivals:

  • Busan International Film Festival / Flash Forward Competition / Busan, South Korea
  • Göteborg Film Festival / Visionaries / Göteborg, Sweden
  • Cinema Mundi International Film Festival / Brno, Czechia
  • Kino pavasaris | Vilnius International Film Festival / Vilnius, Lithuania 
  • Festival L’Europe Autour de l’Europe / Paris, France
  • “Love and Anarchy” Helsinki International Film Festival  / Tere Eesti! / Helsinki, Finland
  • Kolkata International Film Festival / Kolkata, India