“Tragi-comedy about a girl thief, who cons her way to almost becoming a housewife in order to avoid apprehension.”
The Estonians and Latvians join hands in this jointly produced Baltic comedy about love and theft centering on light-fingered Margita. Everything and anything that hasn't been nailed to the spot winds up in her possession - whether it's a wallet belonging to a passer-by or a Jeep. But the police are on to her and the streets of Riga are becoming just a little too dangerous for Margita these days (played by rising Latvian star Rezija Kalniņa). She decides to break camp and hitchhike her way up north coming to rest at a little place called Vineeri in Estonia, where she soon finds herself looking after an entire household, including three men and a small boy.
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Cast
32 people
Rēzija Kalniņa
Margita
Known for
The Rifleman
Leonarda Kļaviņa-Ķestere
Evija
Also in
Defenders of Riga
Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat
Artur Talvik
Peeter Simm
Also in
The Song of the Summer
Daisy Petal Game
Ronald Kolmann
Rezija Kalnina
Margita
Toomas Raudam
Tiit Sukk
Arnold
Also in
Touched by the Unknown
Black Widows
Uldis Jancis
Gatis Upmalis
Maija Apine
Oksana
Also in
Pelagia and The White Bulldog
Victoria
Ieva Kundziņa
Peeter Simm Director · Toomas Raudam Writer Uldis Jancis Cinematographer
United States release April 20, 2002 · Produced in Estonia, Latvia · Languages Estonian, Latvian, Russian
Production
Allfilm
Production
F.O.R.M.A
Production
Estonia · Latvia
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Languages
Original title
Head käed
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
Estonian · Latvian · Russian
Release dates
Estonia · April 6, 2001
Theatrical
United States · April 20, 2002
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Finland
May 6, 2004 · TV premiere
Germany
February 9, 2002 · Berlin International Film Festival
Latvia
April 6, 2001
Norway
October 17, 2002 · Bergen International Film Festival
Philippines
August 7, 2002 · Cinemanila Film Festival
Portugal
June 1, 2002 · Festróia Film Festival
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