Keskea rõõmud

Keskea rõõmud
Directed byLembit Ulfsak
Written by
Starring
CinematographyNikolai Sharubin
Edited byTiina Lokk
Music byTõnu Aare
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 December 1986 (1986-12-11)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryEstonia
LanguageEstonian

Keskea rõõmud (English: The Joys of Midlife) is a 1986 Estonian comedy-drama film directed by Lembit Ulfsak.[1]

Awards, nominations, participations:[1]

  • 1987: ETKVL filmiklubi debüütfilmide festival (Tallinn, USSR), 1987, Rainbow award (Estonian: Vikerkaare auhind) - best director debut: Lembit Ulfsak; best cinematographer debut: Nikolai Šarubin
  • 1987: Estonian Film Days in Helsinki, participation
  • 1987: All-Union Film Festival (USSR), participation

Plot

Five recently middle-aged men drive through Estonia to visit a famous witch-therapist to get rid of their problems. They are suffering from the fatigue of life and deep routine. The bleak and funny road movie provides a good overview of life, people and everyday problems in Estonia at the end of the Soviet period.

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "Keskea rõõmud (1986) - Eesti filmi andmebaas". www.efis.ee. Retrieved 3 May 2021.