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Kertu

Feature film
Estonia 2013
97 mins
Director: Ilmar Raag
Producer: Riina Sildos
Production company: Amrion

Actors: Ursula Ratasepp,
Mait Malmsten, Peeter Tammearu,
Leila Säälik et al.

Language: Estonian w/ English subs

Trailer

After Midsummer's Day Kertu goes missing without a trace. Her entire family panics because Kertu is considered to be a simpleton due to her modest and closed nature. After a long search Kertu is found trembling and hiding under the bed of the alcohol-loving womanizer Villu. The judgemental villagers chastise Villu and accuse him of taking advantage of the woman. But what really happened that night? The truth slowly unraveling is more shocking than anyone could ever imagine..

"Kertu" is an unusual love story that takes place in a tiny village on Saarema island, and depicts hidden relationships within the village community. The film asks about a person's right to love and to happiness even if the right to make decisions has been taken away.

In Germany, it has already won audience awards at Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg and by Lübecker Nachrichten.

 
 
 
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