Puhastus
Réalisation:
Antti J. JokinenPhotographie:
Rauno RonkainenMusique:
Tuomas KantelinenActeurs·trices:
Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén, Kristjan Sarv, Krista Kosonen, Tommi Korpela, Sonja Nüganen, Kaisa Kaljusaar, Laura Kiis (plus)Résumés(1)
Zara, jeune mineure, part vers l'ouest de l'Estonie, en croyant qu'une place d'employée d'hôtel l'attend. Elle tombe en fait dans les filets d'un réseau de prostitution russe. Battue et violée, elle arpente bientôt les trottoirs des zones industrielles. Une nuit, Aliide, une vieille femme vivant recluse à la campagne, la découvre, gisant sans connaissance devant chez elle, et lui ouvre sa porte. D'abord méfiantes, les deux femmes apprennent qu'elles ont en commun la violence infligée par les hommes. Pendant l'occupation soviétique, Aliide, elle aussi, a consenti à nombre de sacrifices pour survivre. Mais le temps est compté : la mafia russe a pris Zara en chasse. (Arte)
(plus)Critiques (3)
It was good. Who would have expected this from the director of The Resident.
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This Finnish-Estonian film is actually Finland in person in an Estonian coat. By which I mean Finnish actors in an Estonian setting. And I’ve got to say hats off for such cooperation. The Scandinavian boys did a good job by mixing a WWII plotline with a story from today’s sometimes rather harsh reality. The film is not nice to watch, it’s rather gloomy and can get you pretty upset. But maybe this is the exact reason why it’s able to captivate the audience so much. The atmosphere is great, the setting is amazing and the fault I can find lies maybe with the narrative of those two stories. At times, I found it overly complicated, but I guess those stories are like that sometimes. Apart from that, it’s a great film.
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An interesting watch that convinced me that life in Estonia was, is, and probably will be, hard. The film has two storylines, a wartime (or post-war) one where the Estonians return against their will to the all-encompassing arms of their eastern "brother", and an almost contemporary storyline. The atmosphere of the film is perfectly bleak, the story raw and brutal. It doesn't get boring for even a second. A great film.
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