The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.
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Cast
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Inga Salurand
Taarka
Also in
Black Widows
Red Mercury
Siiri Sisask
Taarka
Also in
Smile at Last
Karoliine's Silver Yarn
Anneli Ahven
Ülle Kahusk
Elen Lotman
Marje Metsur
Taarka
Known for
The Class
Andres Lõo
Kaarel Oja
Vasso
Mart Kivastik
Also in
Jürgensonid
Tõnu Oja
Vasso
Known for
1944
Tanel Joonas
Rüa Piitre
Liina Tennosaar
Taarka's Mother
Also in
Autumn
The Black Hole
Ain Mäeots Director · Mart Kivastik Writer Hardi Volmer Writer
First release August 14, 2008 · Produced in Estonia · Languages Estonian, Finnish, German
Production
Exitfilm
Production
Estonia
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Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian · Finnish · German
Release dates
Estonia · August 14, 2008
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No release date listed for United States.
Canada
November 20, 2008 · Ottawa European Union Film Festival
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