Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually, and their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
Released: Sep 07, 2012
Runtime: 125 minutes
Stars: Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén, Kristjan Sarv, Krista Kosonen
Crew: Rauno Ronkainen (Director of Photography), Antti J. Jokinen (Screenplay), Sofi Oksanen (Novel), Kimmo Taavila (Editor), Tuomas Kantelinen (Original Music Composer), Sofi Oksanen (Executive Producer)