The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
A teenage girl learns fast and hard, how to survive in a disintegrating countryside family
★★★★★
Estonian / 100 MIN. / 2011
The Genres
The Synopsis
A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways...
The Cast
