Focus on Baltic Film (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) 2003 / Georgica / Estonia 1998
An evacuated island becomes a firing range. Jakub lives there and it’s his job to check the accuracy of the attacks. The strange old man has pronounced himself pastor of a non-existent community, and dreams of his African missionary days. A boy is placed under his care after attacking his mother with a knife and their time together is not without complication.
An evacuated island becomes a firing range. Old Jakub is responsible for monitoring the accuracy of the attacks. The strange old man has pronounced himself pastor of a non-existent community; he dreams of his African missionary days and of translating Virgil’s The Georgics into Swahili. One day a boy is placed under his care: back on the mainland he had attacked his mother with a knife. As Jakub’s silent companion, he takes care of the horses, works the bellows of the organ, listens to African songs and observes the explosions from a destroyed church tower. He obstinately refuses, however, to answer his mother’s telephone calls. One night the artillery fire flattens the ruins of the church and Jakub is killed. The boy sets out to sea in a small boat....
109 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Sulev Keedus
/ Screenplay Madis Koiv, Sulev Keedus
/ Dir. of Photography Rein Kotov
/ Music Ariel Lagle
/ Editor Kaie-Ene Rääk
/ Producer Kaie-Ene Rääk
/ Production F-Seitse
/ Cast Evald Aavik, Mait Merekülski, Ülle Tooming, Rein Oja
/ Contact Estonian Film Institute
Sulev Keedus (b. 1957) was trained in music and then graduated in education in Tallinn (1978). In 1977-81 he worked as assistant camera for Esti-Telefilm, then graduated from the Higher Courses for Screenwriters in Moscow (1989). Documentary filmography: Behind the Forest (1982), Luigeluum (1983), Vorokese (1984), Biographies at the Bolshoy Theatre (1985), October in the Harbour Kaunispea (1986), Fearful Haven (1987), The Only Sunday (1990), Pharaoh’s Children (1992), In Paradisum (1993). Georgics (1998) is his feature debut.
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