“Lucky is he who knows the causes of things...”
The action takes place in post-World War II Estonia. An old man lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young neglected boy, who has become mute, is banished from the mainland and sent to the island to keep the old man company. Both are haunted by memories, the boy about his mother and the old man about the years before World War I he spent as a young missionary in Africa
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Cast
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Evald Aavik
Jakub
Also in
Somnambulance
Christmas in Vigala
Mait Merekülski
Maecenas
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Ülle Toming
Mother
Also in
The Dissidents
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Andres Ait
Katri Altmäe
Maret Elbing
Kersti Heinloo
Secretary
Also in
The Shadow
Agent Wild Duck
Kalle Käesel
Also in
An Affair of Honor
Killing Tartu
Märt Kaseorg
Maarika Klesman
Reino Lepp
Svetlana Metsvaht
Sulev Keedus Director · Madis Kõiv Writer Ariel Lagle Composer
First release October 14, 1998 · Produced in Estonia · Languages Estonian, Latin, Russian, Swahili
Production
Faama Film
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Allfilm
Production
Q Film
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Tallinnfilm
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Estonia
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Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian · Latin · Russian · Swahili
Release dates
Estonia · October 14, 1998
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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