Evald Aavik

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The Temptation of St. Tony

Oct 10, 2009

The Temptation of St. Tony

2009 115 min 37 vues

Un cadre moyen qui développe une aversion à être une bonne personne remet en question sa moralité alors qu'il fait face aux défis de l'âge moyen et perd le contrôle de sa vie.

Drama

5.7

Somnambuul

Sep 19, 2003

Somnambuul

2003 129 min 10 vues

Autumn 1944, Estonia. Tens of thousands of people leave their homeland in fear of approaching frontline. Some seashore villages remain completely empty. A young woman with huge grey eyes gets off the boat. Eetla leaves the last boat, thus giving up her last chance to escape. Defying the cold wind and rain of September, she returns to the lighthouse which is unexpected to her father Gottfrid, the lighthouse keeper, and herself. Eetla's return becomes her self-encounter and self-recognition.

Drama

5.9

Georgica

Oct 14, 1998

Georgica

1998 104 min 13 vues

A quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young mute boy is sent from the mainland to keep him company. Both are haunted by memories, the boy about his mother and the old man about his younger days as a missionary in Africa.

Drama

1

Klaverihäälestaja tuleb kolmapäeval

Jan 01, 1973

Klaverihäälestaja tuleb kolmapäeval

1973 15 min 1 vues

The film ridicules stereotyped thinking through an absurdist lens.

Comedy

5.2

Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari

Nov 25, 2017

Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari

2017 135 min 5 vues

The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.

Drama

4

Łza księcia ciemności

Mar 06, 1993

Łza księcia ciemności

1993 93 min 4 vues

Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up to find Tear of the Prince of Darkness, a legendary ring which can bring Satan’s rule over the world.

Horror

6.1

Naerata ometi

Nov 28, 1985

Naerata ometi

1985 85 min 12 vues

16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.

Drama

3.9

Inimesed sõdurisinelis

Jul 25, 1968

Inimesed sõdurisinelis

1968 91 min 7 vues

The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) during the WW-2 and how the fight forms an usual man to a loyal soldier. Ideologic aspects of the movie are more hidden than in ordinary Soviet war films but they're still existing.

War

1

Räägitakse, et tomatid armastavad rokkmuusikat

Sep 08, 2016

Räägitakse, et tomatid armastavad rokkmuusikat

2016 39 min 1 vues

Aleksander, an old gentleman, maintains a blooming garden surrounding his old house in a sleepy resort town. Karl, his grandson, spends the summer with him and learns about the ways of the nature. Together with autumn rains arrives Aleksander’s daughter Marju, who hopes to inherit the old man’s house, tear it down and put up a guesthouse on the lot instead.

Drama

5.5

Jõulud Vigalas

Jan 23, 1981

Jõulud Vigalas

1981 86 min 2 vues

The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not a peaceful holiday. The manor house has just been pillaged during the peasant's revolt; the air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of inevitable punishment. Bernhard Laipmann is a tenant farmer whose wife is asking him to leave home since her husband keeps drawing the attention of the authorities. Having doubts about leaving, Laipmann is inspired by endeavouring towards freedom and equality and alarmed by the violence of the revolution.

Drama

2

Doktor Stockmann

Jul 10, 1989

Doktor Stockmann

1989 139 min 2 vues

Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that the facility is threatened by an infection caused by construction errors in the waterworks. The powerful mayor Peter Stockmann, the doctor's brother, has used his position and connections for commercial and political gain and has ignored the doctor's warnings. The upper class of the town initially supports the doctor's decision to reveal the truth, but the mayor changes due to pressure and personal interests. Dr. Stockmann is labeled an enemy of the people. He must choose whether to stick to his ideas, at the risk of his family, or surrender to demagoguery.

Drama

1

Reigi õpetaja

Feb 27, 1978

Reigi õpetaja

1978 79 min 1 vues

Pastor Paul Lempelius comes to the island of HIiumaa that seems to be like the world's end. While serving the pastorate of Reigi in spirit and in truth, Lempelius hopes to get rid of the burden of destiny. However, the local people favour pagan traditions and distrust the strict kingdom of God that Lempelius teaches them. The pastor's beautiful yet childless wife Catharina yearns for joy of life and tenderness that she won't receive from his husband. Instead, a young assistant pastor Jonas Kempe offers her his love. Their love, disregarding all laws, and the primal lifestyle of the islanders will become the touchstone for Lempelius' redemption.

Drama

4

Tuulte pesa

Sep 17, 1979

Tuulte pesa

1979 95 min 4 vues

Set in the post-war years when sovietization was still being resisted by partisans, often at the expense of a farming population intent on rebuilding.

Drama

1

Ainus pühapäev

May 20, 1990

Ainus pühapäev

1990 69 min 1 vues

50s quiet Estonian town. After a long separation, two brothers met in their parents' house. The younger one, Ilmar, a formerly capable artist, has just been released under an amnesty from a camp where he ended up for some youthful prank. Older brother Alex, by nature a more reserved person who prefers to find compromise solutions, is the complete opposite of Ilmar. The meeting of the brothers develops into a conflict, complicated by the fact that Ilmar got in touch with repeat offenders in the camp, and now they are threatening him with violence.

Drama

6

Tants aurukatla ümber

Jun 13, 1988

Tants aurukatla ümber

1988 128 min 4 vues

The movie travels through the 20th century by monitoring a steam boiler. We see the history of Estonia through life, agricultural work and people at different times.

Drama