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Original title: Tühirand
World premiere: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
A young intellectual, Mati, manoeuvres himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio heads to Eduard’s summer house, surrounded by majestic forests and a deserted beach. Driven by either jealousy or pride, Mati is determined to win back his wife and will try anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with.
Crew
Written by: Veiko Õunpuu, Rain Tolk
Directed by: Veiko Õunpuu
Producer: Katrin Kissa
Cinematographer: Mart Taniel
Costume designer: Helen Ehandi
Make-up designer: Kaire Hendrikson
Editors: Jan Erik Nõgisto, Mart Taniel
Sound designers: Ants Andreas, Tiina Andreas
Composer: Ülo Krigul
Cast
Rain Tolk, Mirtel Pohla, Taavi Eelmaa, Maarja Jakobson
Production companies
Kuukulgur Film (EE)
Festivals
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Seoul International Youth Film Festival. Seoul, South-Korea
Sevilla European Film Festival. Sevilla, Spain
Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
Stockholm International Film Festival. Stockholm, Sweden
Tromsø International Film Festival. Tromsø, Norway
European First Film Festival. D’Angers, France
Land in Focus. London, UK
PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Tallinn, Estonia
Selected awards and nominations
Neitsi Maali – Estonian Film Journalists Association Award. Film of the Year Award
PÖFF – Black Nights Film Festival. Scottish Leader Estonian Film Award
Estonian Cultural Endowment Awards. Best Narrative Film
