Estonia
AUTUMN BALL
(SÜGISBALL)
2007, Veiko Öunpuu, Estonia, 123 min.
With Rain Tolk, Taavi Eelmaa
“The film gets under the skin, its darkly comic observations filtered through Tarkovsky, Kieslowski, and Cassavetes but alive with their own bracing melancholy.”--Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Gathering film festival awards across the globe, the atmospheric and ironically titled AUTUMN BALL glides through the stories of six individuals searching for a way out of loneliness on the edge of Tallinn. The unhinged writer, the too-cool architect, the rejected wife, the single mom, the suspected pedophile, and the sex addict--all have in common their connection to the hulking high-rise from which love, it seems, has fled. In Estonian with English subtitles. 35mm print courtesy of Kuukulgur Film and the Estonian Film Foundation. (BS)
Saturday, March 15, 4:30 pm
Wednesday, March 19, 8:00 pm
THE CLASS
(KLASS)
2007, Ilmar Raag, Estonia, 97 min.
With Lauri Pedaja, Valo Kirs
The cruel, casual bullying of Joosep, a gawky web-designer ostracized as a nerd by his classmates, takes a fatal turn over the course of one week when fellow student Kaspar takes one small, irreversible step into the fray. The film is clearly heading for Columbine territory, but its strength lies not in the anticipated violence but in a gripping story detailing the seductive mechanics of peer pressure with Lord of the Flies-like power. In Estonian with English subtitles. 35mm print courtesy of Amrion Oü and the Estonian Film Foundation. (BS)
Saturday, March 22, 3:00 pm
Thursday, March 27, 8:15 pm
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