Synopsis

The Graveyard Keeper’s Daughter (2011)

Surnuaiavahi tütar (2011)

A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody’s life in unexpected ways…
Katrin Laur
Rain Simmul, Ülle Kaljuste, Kertu-Killu Grenman, Arvo Kukumägi, Maria Avdjushko, Ulla Reinikainen
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