Completed - ESTONIAN - Comedy, Drama - 106 minutes
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Peeter SIMM Writer(s) : Olavi RUITLANE Cast : Rasmus ERMEL, Marko MATVERE, Aarne SORO Producer(s) : Marju LEPP (FILMIVABRIK)
On the Water, based on Olavi Ruitlane’s book of the same title, focuses on the life of a preadolescent boy Andres. He is a gentle soul growing up in the care of his grandparents in small-town Soviet Estonia. There are no peers, and his knowledge and friendships are limited to a few men living in his backyard – a former prisoner and two hapless fishermen. His only chance of escape from his grandfather’s strict demands is taking a fishing rod out on the local lake. On the Water is a bit of a brutal tale hidden beneath a comic and adventurous surface that highlights people’s basic needs for understanding, caring, humanity, and love.
Country(ies) : ESTONIA
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2020 (Competition)