The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

02/25/2011

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1hr 40min

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Drama

A teenage girl learns fast and hard, how to survive in a disintegrating countryside family

STORY

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...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Maria Avdjuško
  • Kertu-Killu Grenman
  • Esther Kõiv
  • Rain Simmul
  • Ulla Reinikainen

    Director

  • Katrin Laur

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Estinfilm
  • Content Providers

    Production Countries

  • Estonia
  • Finland

LANGUAGES

  • Estonian