A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 1990
Original Title:
Semm
Alternate Titles:
Шуры-Муры
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Tallinnfilm
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 29
A heartfelt story about the borderlands of childhood, about a boy who is still a child, but who is touched by an inexplicable, barely discernible feeling of love. Ten-year-old boy Jaanus is in love with Eva, a girl a few years older than him, from whom he wants to buy a puppy. The puppy is like an unattainable dream, like a first love. Aare Tilga's debut film is based on Mart Kivastik's short story of the same name and was Tilga's diploma thesis at the Moscow Cinema Institute, supervised by Eldar Ryazanov.
Camera Operator:
Margus Nee
Director:
Aare Tilk
Director of Photography:
Toomas Massov
Editor:
Ingrid Laos
Music:
Alo Mattiisen
Novel:
Mart Kivastik
Production Design:
Ronald Kolmann
Sound Director:
Ülo Saar
Writer:
Aare Tilk
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