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Smile at Last (1985)

Smile at Last (1985)

Drama Family
Release Date: 1985, November 28
Directors: Leida Laius
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Tallinnfilm
Cast: Mari Lill, Rein Pakk, Evald Aavik, Helle Kuningas, Hendrik Toompere, Siiri Sisask, Maria Klenskaja, Rudolf Allabert, Evald Hermaküla, Monika Raide, Tauri Tallermaa, Katrin Tamleht

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book woman director alcoholism mother son relationship jealousy suicide attempt homesickness sorrow teenage diary