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Completed - ESTONIAN - Black comedy, Thriller - 93 minutes

Log Line

Who is the fool now?

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2011 (Debut)
  • Toronto 2012 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2013 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Toomas HUSSAR
Writer(s) : Toomas HUSSAR
Cast : Elina REINOLD, Hendrik TOOMPERE JR JR, Hilje MUREL, Juhan ULFSAK, Raivo E. TAMM, Üllar SAAREMÄE

Producer(s) : Piret TIBBO-HUDGINS (Estonia)

Synopsis

Politician Aadu and his wife set out to pick mushrooms on a day when he gets a call from a journalist confronting him with regard to suspected corruption. By coincidence the married couple find themselves in a car with a pompous rock idol named Zäk. After discovering that the spot his wife has chosen to pick mushrooms is full of vacationers, Aadu decides to find a quieter place. The woods where he ultimately ends up, however, are perhaps too deep and inhospitable, and finding a way out may not be easy...
The subtle comedy with touches of black humor and thriller aims at the often unscrupulous behavior of contemporary politicians and media stars on the way to power and popularity.

Production

Country(ies) : ESTONIA

Festivals and Awards

IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg 2011 - Int'l Competition (Fipresci Prize)
Karlovy Vary IFF 2012 East of the West - Competition
Toronto - TIFF 2012 Discovery
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2012 - EurAsia (Heav(i)n Estonian Film Award)


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